[iBook] ibook charging question

[Clark Martin]

At 11:53 PM -0400 4/7/05, <kachinapat at cox.net> wrote:
>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.
>>

It's not likely the power supply is the problem.  The biggest load in 
charging a battery is usually at the beginning of charge, not end.

Since resetting the PMU have you tried calibrating the battery (full 
discharge followed by re-charging).

>  > 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."
><ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>>  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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