How to revive a PowerBook battery?

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• Reply 1 of 5

  allinone Posts: 279member

  March 1, 2002 9:27PM

  Look into "Apple Battery Reset Â*-Â* 2.0"
  
  
  
  <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=300&db=mac"; target="_blank">http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=300&db=mac</a>;
  
  
  
  It is supposed to be for "For PowerBook G3 Series and iBook", does that include Lombard? I never can remember.
  
  
  
  Hope this helps.
• Reply 2 of 5

  alanwoollcombe Posts: 54member

  March 2, 2002 4:47AM

  Thanks, I never knew this site existed. I haven't found my answer yet, but it does look like the right place to find one.
  
  
  
  Thanks again (...and of course, if anyone does have an answer, I'd still like to hear...)
• Reply 3 of 5

  stimuli Posts: 564member

  March 3, 2002 1:34AM

  Apple has a battery zapping software that resets the battery. However, if you frequently use your battery it is entirely poosible that it's toast, like any rechargeable that's been charged too many times.
  
  
  
  If apple's battery reset software doesn't work, you can buy a new/used battery from pbparts.com
  
  
  
  You might also try shift/function/control/power to reset your powermanager. Hold them down for half a second or so.
  
  
  
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• Reply 4 of 5

  alanwoollcombe Posts: 54member

  March 5, 2002 3:15AM

  
  
  
  
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• Reply 5 of 5

  alanwoollcombe Posts: 54member

  March 5, 2002 3:18AM

  Thanks, that's very helpful.
  
  
  
  I did download Apple Battery reset 2.0 and, curiously, it half-worked: after recharging the battery overnight, the PowerBook ran happily on battery power for about 5 minutes, before coming up with the usual warning message about no power left.
  
  
  
  Now I'll try your suggestion and see what happens.
  
  
  
  Thanks again.