i am haveing bad batery life on my ibook. i heard about a way of overcharging the batery to restore dead batery cells or something like that. any one know of the proper way to do so.
iBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), idisk
I wouldn't attempt that. http://www.macsales.com/ and http://www.welovemacs.com/ may have the right battery.
The chemistry does not get better after it is depleted
by adding electricity. A replacement battery, is a fair
bet to restore the computer and not toast the charger
or the computer you'd overcharge the dead battery in.
You may be able to get a copy of a similar battery at
some discount, but it may not have the microchip in
it that correctly controls the charge/recharge cycles;
another source for a quality battery would be 'OWC'
or macsales. These have a higher capacity, but are
not discount clones, & are from a reputable company.
Other product sources may provide suitable quality online.
OWC offers new batteries for iBook G4. (& other)
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Apple/Laptop/Batteries#ib
•iBook Repair guide - iFixit:
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iBook
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck 🙂
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