iBook late 2001 battery question

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iBook late 2001 battery question

Hello, i bought a battery off of ebay, after repairing an iBook G3 Late 2001 i got for my niece. The battery only shows up in the finder window sometimes..and it doesnt seem to want to charge paast the first bar on the battery. And the other half the time it says im just working on ac power only, just looking for the remedy in time for christmas, so i can give it to her, any help is appreciated!! Thanks!

Macbook Pro (15.4" 2.0ghz 512mb Ram), Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Dec 13, 2006 7:55 AM

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Dec 13, 2006 10:27 AM in response to Vilem

What version of the OS are you running?

Have you tried resetting the PMU?

Buying a used battery (if it WAS used) is not the best thing to do. Lithium-ion batteries have a typical lifespan of two to three years, whether they are used or not. So even if one has been stored for quite awhile without being used, it is not going to act like a new battery.

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Dec 13, 2006 9:29 PM in response to Vilem

I just tried resetting the pmu, and this did not work, i thought it was, but it noticed the battery, acted like it was charging, then went to green on the indicator, and finder decided to not see the battery, im also using 9.2.2 since i have to go buy Tiger soon.

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Dec 13, 2006 10:06 PM in response to Vilem

It sounds like you got a bad battery.

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Dec 20, 2006 9:04 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

Hi, i picked up a different used battery, and im still getting problems. The battery seems to hold a full charge, as it has all 4 lights lit up when its charged. It took about 3 hours to charge it up fully, and when i went to unplug it...it dies about a second afterwards, is this the same problem, a bad battery? If so, im just going to buy a brand new battery, i had gotten the person i bought the used one from before to replace the older one. Thanks in advance!

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Dec 21, 2006 2:17 AM in response to Vilem

If it won't run at all from any battery, it could be the logic board at fault.

Do you live some place close to an Apple Store where they could test it with a new battery? I'd hesitate to recommend buying a totally new battery if it won't run from one that appears to have taken a charge, but used batteries are bad news. There's just no way to tell if it's the battery, the adapter, or the computer at fault with the battery being an unknown in the equation.

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Dec 21, 2006 9:15 AM in response to Ronda Wilson

I figured out what was wrong, it wasnt the battery itself, it was the case. Im missing screws in the battery compartment somehow, that hold down the springs in there. Thus, its not making contact when i lift it up from the desk. The battery works just fine tho, on the desk it ran 3 hours...so im thinking it to be a newer battery, maybe for an iBook g4 because of the serial number. I was wondering if i could take the iBook into the apple store and get the screws from a genius maybe? Even if they charged me or whatever. Thanks for all your help!

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