iBook battery

[Clyde M. Burnham, MD]

On 11 Feb, 2004, at 01:00:

> Message-Id: <200402101551.i1AFpZDi019737 at hsb102.xlccorp.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:51:35 -0500
> From: swmarks at allvantage.com
> Subject: Re: [P1] Battery problem
>
> Quoting Allan Hise <allan at hise.org>:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, PaulKurtz III wrote:
>>
>>> I read on this list a while back that someone used a paperclip to 
>>> connect
>>> the contacts on his battery and brought it back to life.  I can't 
>>> remember
>>> exactly how, but he touched either end of the clip to a pair of the
>>> contacts and revived it.  The batteries have a chip in them, and it 
>>> seemed
>>> to reset it.
>>
>> That was me. The battery is still working great.
>
> Allan,
>
> Which contacts did you connect - or does it matter? I don't seem to 
> have
> anything to lose, here, if Apple will not replace the battery under 
> warranty,
> so I am willing to try it...
>
> In the interim, I have found and purchased a slightly used battery 
> from a
> vendor on eBay. If nothing else, I guess I will have a spare battery.

Hey Allan

There are four types of batteries that have been used by Apple each of 
which has it's own operating requirements.
What type of battery do you have? Or for what model iBook was your 
battery used? Exactly what was the problem you had and exactly how did 
you deal with it?

Thanks

CMB