Yeah, not as nice. Also uses smaller cells.Quite a bit simpler and less neat looking than Apple's solution. I hope you can get it working with new cells!
I may try, but I’d rather rebuild the Apple units if possible…Quite a bit simpler and less neat looking than Apple's solution. I hope you can get it working with new cells!
Yes, it’s absolutely great to have batteries in these machines.Congrats!! I was only 2 for 3 on mine.. the one that failed has a bad Apple EMM chip. It's pretty awesome having these working batteries as it makes the PowerBook's that much more enjoyable. Mine have held up for months now. I assume you already fixed the PRAM battery too?
It’s probably a failed EMM, right? Can they be so flakey?
Mine is a 3rd-party battery as well. I suppose there's no easy way to get it open short of dremelling.
Ohhhhh yeahhhhh
Exactly, I do this and it’s the best method I’ve found.I've just been using a sharp x-acto knife and just cutting along the seems over and over again until it starts spreading. That way there's minimum loss of material so I can close it up again, vs a dremel which will cut up a lot of material.
VMAIN kicked it on my OEM supply again so it's no longer charging. Battery runs great though, just have to buy that 1A regulated supply and I'll be good. I can now confirm it absolutely 100% won't charge with JUST VBATT. If VMAIN is down then it doesn't detect that it's plugged in, so it doesn't start the battery charge.Nice!!!