iBook Battery Health

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iBook Battery Health

Hello fellow mac users, I recently found a menu item in tiger cache cleaner that showed battery..., so i clicked it and it showed various stats about my bettery (see picture at http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture15nu.png) All seemed normal until I saw battery health at 49%???
1. is this normal??
2. what can i do?
3. will apple have anything to do in replacing it if it needs to be???
4. where are the cheapest places to get ibook G4 batterys??

ibook G4 933/640/60/Combo Mac OS X (10.4.5) iPod Mini, SE k700i

Posted on Mar 25, 2006 5:44 AM

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Answer 1

JGOJCAJ

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Mar 25, 2006 6:53 AM in response to ibook and ipod__

I'm a new iBook user and I want to check out my battery health as well. How did you get to that menu?

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Answer 2

Mar 25, 2006 4:05 PM in response to JGOJCAJ

I used a program called tiger cache cleaner and it is in the Maintain menu and its the last option, if you dont have tiger cache cleaner search versiontracker.com and you will find it there

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Answer 3

--JB--

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Mar 25, 2006 7:18 PM in response to ibook and ipod__

Hi iBook & iPod,

Welcome to Apple Discussions

You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #86284 on Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance.

Jon

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Answer 4

Mar 25, 2006 7:29 PM in response to --JB--

Yes i have done this numerous times and still to no avail and i have been getting less and less battery time (and real time) when using my ibook away from the power adapter
IIf I still have warranty left with mu protection plan will apple do anything?? maybe test it for me and see if i need to replace it or (i can dream) they replace it.

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Answer 5

--JB--

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4,067 points

Mar 25, 2006 7:39 PM in response to ibook and ipod__

"IIf I still have warranty left with mu protection plan will apple do anything?? maybe test it for me and see if i need to replace it or (i can dream) they replace it."

I am not exactly sure (I wouldn't want to misinform you), you'll have to bring it to your local Apple Store/Reseller and see what they say. You might also want to look at iBook - Service FAQ.

Have you looked at Knowledge Base Document #50666, which has Tips for maximizing your PowerBook and iBook battery charge?

You can get cheap batteries at eBay (I think I got one for my girlfriend for 30 +shipping before I gave her an iBook). You can also get them here.

Jon

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Answer 6

tdowling

Level 1

44 points

Mar 28, 2006 12:40 PM in response to ibook and ipod__

You've gone through 374 power cycles, and your battery loses a little bit of its capacity as it goes through cycles. The 49% refers to the maximum charge it can hold now compared to when you first started your computer up, and that's pretty normal considering how much use it's gotten. I'm not sure how much help you'll get from recalibrating, but it may be worth a try. Chances are that you won't get much more out of it, though. It may be time to start considering a new battery!

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Answer 7

May 2, 2006 2:28 AM in response to ibook and ipod__

Well just an update 2 of the 3 apple shops I called said that thehy would either replace the battery or would take a deeper look into the battery
herre is the updated battery stats

and here is something to think about

ibook G4 933/640/60/Combo Mac OS X (10.4.3) iPod Mini

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Answer 8

Jun 1, 2006 9:31 PM in response to ibook and ipod__

Not answerd but my laptop is getting serviced now

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Answer 9

Jun 9, 2006 8:06 AM in response to JGOJCAJ

I can recommend the excellent iBatt

http://www.raynersoftware.com/ibatt/

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