[iBook] ibook charging question

[kachinapat at cox.net]

Thanks for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, reseting the power management 
system did not fix the problem.  Charge still stops at 88%.  Do you think it my 
be my charger?  It has a bit of duct tape wrapped around the computer side 
plug, indicating that it may have (probably has) been damaged.
> 
> From: Kirk McElhearn <kirklists at wanadoo.fr>
> Date: 2005/04/07 Thu AM 01:59:33 EDT
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers." 
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> Subject: Re: [iBook] ibook charging question
> 
> On 4/7/05 12:11 AM, "kachinapat at cox.net" <kachinapat at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have obtained a used ibook 500-duel usb.  The battery was mostly 
shot,
> > lasted about 5 min.  I noticed that when the charger was plugged in, the
> > charge never got above 88%.  I purchased a new battery, calibrated it and
> > even though it now will run for about 3 hours, it still never charges above
> > 88%.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Reset the power manager - check the Apple site for exact instructions one
> how to do this for your particular model.
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