coius
Well-known member
I just got my powerbook G3 Lombard battery in the mail. And I have run into an issue. a *BIG* issue.
before I begin, I bought a brand new Powerbook 99 series 6600Mah battery. The battery looks exactly like an apple battery, the lights on the side work, and when i press them, I get 3 out of the 4 lights light up.
Putting in the laptop, it doesn't show up. It's outputting power, i can power the laptop for a few minutes, but then the laptop shuts off. the lights will still light at 3 lights.
Battery Reset 2.0 sees the battery, despite the power manager not, and I can try and reset it. Try is the word, because I don't think it's actually ressetting it. The lights still say at 3 LEDs and don't reset to a blinking LED.
Is this an issue with calibration, or is the power manager in the battery dead? Is there anything i can do to force-reset the power manager in the battery? I can send the battery back, but I would like to see what i can do to force the system to recognize the battery is there.
One option I tried to was to do an old trick I saw on iBook G3 clamshell batteries. It's dangerous but I have seen it crash the power manager on the battery and force it to reset.
What you do is take a wire with the ends exposed and short out the + and - tabs on the battery. And internal system would crash/short the power manager and make it reset. No dice, didn't even do it.
I know the battery works since I can power the system for a few minutes, but I have no idea what the charge is on it. I will let it sit in the system for a few hours and let it charge, but is there no hope for the battery and I have to send it back, or is there something i can do to give the battery a kick in the butt and get it to behave right?
before I begin, I bought a brand new Powerbook 99 series 6600Mah battery. The battery looks exactly like an apple battery, the lights on the side work, and when i press them, I get 3 out of the 4 lights light up.
Putting in the laptop, it doesn't show up. It's outputting power, i can power the laptop for a few minutes, but then the laptop shuts off. the lights will still light at 3 lights.
Battery Reset 2.0 sees the battery, despite the power manager not, and I can try and reset it. Try is the word, because I don't think it's actually ressetting it. The lights still say at 3 LEDs and don't reset to a blinking LED.
Is this an issue with calibration, or is the power manager in the battery dead? Is there anything i can do to force-reset the power manager in the battery? I can send the battery back, but I would like to see what i can do to force the system to recognize the battery is there.
One option I tried to was to do an old trick I saw on iBook G3 clamshell batteries. It's dangerous but I have seen it crash the power manager on the battery and force it to reset.
What you do is take a wire with the ends exposed and short out the + and - tabs on the battery. And internal system would crash/short the power manager and make it reset. No dice, didn't even do it.
I know the battery works since I can power the system for a few minutes, but I have no idea what the charge is on it. I will let it sit in the system for a few hours and let it charge, but is there no hope for the battery and I have to send it back, or is there something i can do to give the battery a kick in the butt and get it to behave right?