There is almost always an auction on ebay for Clamshell iBooks parts and some are for the power management board which is separate from all the rest. Most are out of 300mhz but I don't think there is any difference. On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 04:58 AM, Marc van Gemert wrote: > >> It could be that your power manager is screwed up - this could >> prevent the >> battery from getting charged. I've seen this on much older Macs - and >> the >> only solution, other than paying for expensive repairs, was to use >> them when >> plugged in. > > Ouch, this is not what I wanted to hear. But thanks for the reply. > > _______________________________________________________________________ Larry Zasitko Newton OMP, 110, 120, 2100, eMate iMac, iBook, various Amiga's and PC's