Can someone pleasepleaseplease help me solve these problems??

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Can someone pleasepleaseplease help me solve these problems??

I have a few problems with my G4 PowerBook 12" 1.33 GHz. First, BlueTooth isn't working. It used to work PERFECTLY! It's not working anymore. I tried resetting PMU and PRAM and all of that. No cigar. Also, my battery only charges up to 39-40%. I tried resetting PMU 🙂 and also PRAM 🙂 but it didn't work. I'm trying to discharge and recharge it at this very moment. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

PowerBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Horrible Battery

Posted on Dec 28, 2010 8:36 AM

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Answer 1

BGreg

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Dec 30, 2010 7:06 PM in response to PowerBookDude12

OK, two problems ... first, BT is dead. Various resets don't help. Assume you've looked at the system preference bluetooth pane to ensure the system believes it's enabled, correct? If that's OK, then the easiest action is to download and apply the 10.4.11 combo update. Fix permissions first, apply update, fix permissions again, then run software update. That may fix it, and has once before with another dead BT issue.

Second, on your battery, please post your battery stats. Approximately how old is the battery?

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