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Anybody that has ever had, or still have battery problems....

Please join me in finding a solution.
Lets all converse in this thread about battery problems. I Have noticed many many many battery and power problems going unresolved in this discussion forum and I think if we all get organized into one thread and work together we may find a solution.

If you haven't read of my battery and power problem before here is the run down.
-battery won't charge(0% and then eventually "No Batteries Availiable")
-Battery is NEW. It is valid(works in other iBooks).
-Its not the DC-in board. No, no... I replaced that and it did nothing, it probably won't help you either.
-I've done all the pointless stuff.(Resetting PMU, PRAM, NVRAM, Deep Reset PMU)
-Battery is Charged(Used my friends iBook). Yet my iBook will not power on from the battery.


Now. I know many iBook owners are having the same problem. I have worked countless hours on this problem and I am never going to give up.

Now throughout searching countless forums of Battery Problems I have gathered some observations.(All these observations are only taken from cases similar to mine)

-They have the same problems I have stated.
-All the Resets in the world don't help them
-Some of them mention a noise coming from the iBook.
-Some of them mention buying third party power Adapters.
-The thread usually ends with them asking more questions and replies never come so they give up.
-They all usually go unresolved or Solved in the case that they just buy a new laptop.

So taking that I am pretty sure that this problem needs to be solved. I have been giving it a good try but without information I just cannot get too far.

Any of you people with the same problem as me... We should all compare certain statistics and symptoms to see if we can zero in on what the problem is.

These are my suspicions.

I purchased My Power-Adapter from Ebay. It looked legit and everything and it provides the iBook with power pretty well. Yet I stumbled across something. It says on the Power Adapter that it is a 65(watt) Power Adapter. But when I check in the System Profiler, This is what it reads:


AC Charger Information:

AC Charger (Watts): 45
Connected: Yes


Now why would the Power Adapter say 65(watts) but when I check the stats on my iBook it receives 45(watts). I have checked all the stats of these iBooks and I know that they need 65(watts) to function properly. Some people say 45w will power an iBook fine but I think this is why the battery won't charge. The power Adapter I bough online clearly stated that it will work correctly on my model and it Even says 65w on the adapter. Remember the faulty batteries? Could people be possibly making faulty power adapters and selling them now too? My friend has moved so I cannot test his "Apple" adapter to see if it works.

I also think this may be the cause of these processor sounds(That are stupidly diagnosed as HD failures) that some people like me get. I found out if I turn the processor down to "reduced" the sound goes away. Maybe the "whizzing" sound could be a capacitor being overworked so it can provide the processor with power or the processor itself but I really think these issues are related.

In saying that... This is what I want. Anybody out there that has the same(or similar) problems as I do, please do this:
-State the issues you are having with your iBook.
-Go to System Profiler and Under Hardware click Power, copy all of those statistics in the right pane and paste them in your reply.
-Say what kind of iBook(or Powerbook) you have.
-Say what kind of battery and what kind of Power adapter you have.
-Ask for other statistics that you think might help you.
-If you have any ideas of what the problem is please tell me.
-And if you already know a solution please tell us all.

We can all tackle this problem if we work together.

Ibook g3 Dual Usb 2002 800mhz 32vRam, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 25, 2008 1:34 AM

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Apr 25, 2008 3:56 PM in response to Idkfawin32

I can't speak to all of your problems, but there are a few things that may help.

+I purchased My Power-Adapter from Ebay. It looked legit and everything and it provides the iBook with power pretty well. Yet I stumbled across something. It says on the Power Adapter that it is a 65(watt) Power Adapter. But when I check in the System Profiler, This is what it reads:+
+AC Charger Information:+

+AC Charger (Watts): 45+
+Connected: Yes+
+Now why would the Power Adapter say 65(watts) but when I check the stats on my iBook it receives 45(watts). I have checked all the stats of these iBooks and I know that they need 65(watts) to function properly. Some people say 45w will power an iBook fine but I think this is why the battery won't charge. The power Adapter I bough online clearly stated that it will work correctly on my model and it Even says 65w on the adapter.+

You are incorrect about this. The adapter that shipped with iBooks, initially, was a 45-watt model. 45 watts is all it takes to properly run the iBook and charge its battery. The iBook registers the adapter as 45 watts because the iBook only takes the amount of power that it needs. A Powerbook needs the full 65 watts in order to run the computer and charge the battery simultaneously.

Did you replace your DC-in board yourself? Has it ever worked since the DC-in board was replaced? Are you sure you got it plugged in properly?

Yours is acting exactly the way my husband's did when his DC-in board needed to be replaced. That is, it would work from a fully charged battery, but would not charge the battery. A DC-in board replacement was the fix for his, and sounds like that would be the fix for yours, too. If you did it yourself before, maybe you need to either try it again (you could have received another bad one), or send it off to have someone else do it.

Good luck.

Apr 26, 2008 7:43 AM in response to Ronda Wilson

No actually... My iBook wants to have nothing to do with the battery. It won't recognize it at all.

I installed a new dc-in board, and I did it perfectly, but it had no change because my original dc-in board wasn't bad.

Listen. All I want is for other people to post their power specs so I can compare them to mine... thats it. Because its difficult for me to diagnose a problem when there arent any iBooks around me.

And as for the wattage. For "My" model of the ibook that I own, the bottom of the iBook says the power rating on the bottom and that it requires 65w.

Message was edited by: Idkfawin32

Apr 27, 2008 5:04 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

Well. It definitely is an iBook. It says iBook right under the screen. But in the specs it says

Machine Name: iBook
Machine Model: PowerBook4,3
CPU Type: PowerPC 750 (2.3)

But I have heard that all the model names are referred to as PowerBook. Its just the fact that it said 65W on the bottom is just messin with my mind. And I remember before I owned this laptop. My friend could charge it fine on his "Genuine" power adapter. But he lost the adapter so he gave me the iBook. So I keep thinking to myself that maybe if I just get the exact Genuine apple adapter it might work.

Apr 27, 2008 5:23 PM in response to Idkfawin32

+I was wondering if anyone else has my version or not.+

It may help others determine this if you post which model you have.

Apple's Knowledge Base article on identifying which model iBook it is can be found here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88039

You can then determine the proper adapter here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75448

Apr 27, 2008 7:07 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

iBook (800MHz 32 VRAM) <- Thats my model

And I looked up the power adapter it needed. And Of course, Like you guys said, its a 45w power adapter. It still bothers me that it says on its power rating engraved into the bottom the laptop 65w.

So, Im replacing the adapter anyway. Its a possibility that the adapter is feeding too much power considering its 65w. I don't know. I want the genuine Apple Power Adapter. Because I really don't think its the logic board. Because it charged the battery off of a Genuine Adapter.

Apr 27, 2008 7:23 PM in response to Idkfawin32

Just to add on to my last post. I just read the side of my power adapter. I think the person on ebay ripped my off. My power Adapter says
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Macintosh PowerBook 2400c 65w AC Adapter

Apple computer Inc. CAUTION: For Use with IEC 950 products.
Cupertino, California 95014 ATTENTION: Pour Materiel informatique technologie.
Model No. M4328
MADE IN TAIWAN

AC INPUT:100-240v 1.0A 1997 Apple Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ADP-36KB Reg. Tms in the C.S.A and other countries.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
^What everything is typed like on the adapter block.

This this adapter I have is for a slow ***, P.O.S PowerBook 2400c.

So its this point in time where I think replacing this adapter isn't a bad idea.

Anybody that has ever had, or still have battery problems....

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