Powerbook G4 Battery Issue
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I have a PowerBook G4 (1.2), 1.5 GHz. I bought it back in May 2003 and I've had very few issues with it these based 5.5 years. I was not part of the group that had the battery recall, and this is the original battery. It seems to have a good life - until now. I let it drain all the way while home (forgot my cord) and I plugged it in to charge today. I left it off for a few hours to charge and then turned it on. Come to find out that it will only work with the power adaptor. It says the battery has 0% and "The Battery is not charging" when I look at the power options. It also takes a few times flickering on and off when waking up from sleep (I'm guessing because it's trying to go in between the power options).
The system profiler gives me this information:
Battery Information:
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 3580
Health Information:
Cycle count: 0
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 10157
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 65
Connected: Yes
Charging: No
I've tried to reset the power manager by doing the whole "hold down the power button for 10 seconds" and also the "hold down option command+PR" while restarting and neither worked. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do besides buy a new battery?
I have a PowerBook G4 (1.2), 1.5 GHz. I bought it back in May 2003 and I've had very few issues with it these based 5.5 years. I was not part of the group that had the battery recall, and this is the original battery. It seems to have a good life - until now. I let it drain all the way while home (forgot my cord) and I plugged it in to charge today. I left it off for a few hours to charge and then turned it on. Come to find out that it will only work with the power adaptor. It says the battery has 0% and "The Battery is not charging" when I look at the power options. It also takes a few times flickering on and off when waking up from sleep (I'm guessing because it's trying to go in between the power options).
The system profiler gives me this information:
Battery Information:
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 0
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 3580
Health Information:
Cycle count: 0
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 10157
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 65
Connected: Yes
Charging: No
I've tried to reset the power manager by doing the whole "hold down the power button for 10 seconds" and also the "hold down option command+PR" while restarting and neither worked. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do besides buy a new battery?
PowerBook G4 (1.2), 1.5 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.5)
