I think one of my PowerBook 3400 batteries just died... Had it running to archive software and then after shutting it down, it was all of a sudden dead, and it won't charge back up. 1 down, 3 left.
I was just playing some loud bassy music on my eMac and noticed the CRT showing some light flicker-like effects. I didn’t put two and two together until it went away when the music stopped. Those are some strong magnets!
NiMH Batteries are weird. I have a ThinkPad with one, and earlier today it would shut off immediately when the charger was unplugged. I ran the battery recondition utility and now it works again, and appears to be holding great charge.
Was it one of you who outbid me with 1 second left on the just ended PowerBook 100 auction on eBay? Whoever it was has some mad sniper bid skills! Enjoy it!
Welp, the TiBook's battery is dead. After 34 cycles, and 4 months of use it's kicked the bucket, being detected but no longer charging. In it's defense, it definitely sat for 20 years uncharged. Hopefully I can get it rebuilt at some point!
I just installed an SSD in a low end laptop from 2012 and now it boots to the desktop of Windows 8.1 in around 8 seconds!
I have to say I didn't expect THAT much of a speed increase.