Brian Pearce wrote: > Assuming that this was the new iBook battery he bought from me > (completely new BTI battery, never even opened), yes it is > I'm fairly certain mine > needed to be fully charged out-of-the-box. Mine's been going strong for > several months now; hasn't given me any trouble. > > (Sorry you're having such bad luck, Marc!) The main sysop here is taking his clamshell to work tomorrow (so no need to ask the trainee as I said earlier to David offlist) and so I will swap the batteries to see if his works in mine, and we'll see if we can get mine to charge in his clamshell. Will let you know if it works. * *