beachycove
Well-known member
Well, this is a new one for me. Can anyone help?
A week ago, my Wallstreet main battery held a 2.5 - 3 hr charge. I used it on Friday last week, running from the battery at the pool while my daughter was swimming, then I came home and left the machine asleep for a day. The battery was about half charged when the powerbook was put to sleep.
Over the past weekend, I plugged the machine in and the battery refused to take a charge: it would charge only for a few seconds every 5 mins or so. Tried Battery Reset (which didn't even drain the thing) NUMEROUS times and the standard clearing of pram procedures, including an attempt at recalibration by running down the battery (that didn't work either, as the machine just shut down, even though the battery showed a quarter full).
So the battery was not responding to the computer. The computer itself seems to be running fine, as it will charge another, older battery that I use in the other bay. It's my best battery that is on the blink.
Then today, the battery just died: it will thankfully still show one light if I press the little button (meaning the cells are not all past recovery), but the Wallstreet will not only not charge it, but it does not recognize the battery any more: I now just get the "battery X" icon (I'm running 9.2).
Can someone explain what must have happened? It seems that the battery was going, going, and then it was gone, fizzled out. Is it most likely a bad cell, or most likely the electronics? And if the electronics, can I just solder in the necessary board from a scrap battery (I do have a couple of those)?
I'd like to save the battery if possible, as up to now it has worked very well, and the cells had (I thought) lots of life in them still.
Experienced advice appreciated!
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A week ago, my Wallstreet main battery held a 2.5 - 3 hr charge. I used it on Friday last week, running from the battery at the pool while my daughter was swimming, then I came home and left the machine asleep for a day. The battery was about half charged when the powerbook was put to sleep.
Over the past weekend, I plugged the machine in and the battery refused to take a charge: it would charge only for a few seconds every 5 mins or so. Tried Battery Reset (which didn't even drain the thing) NUMEROUS times and the standard clearing of pram procedures, including an attempt at recalibration by running down the battery (that didn't work either, as the machine just shut down, even though the battery showed a quarter full).
So the battery was not responding to the computer. The computer itself seems to be running fine, as it will charge another, older battery that I use in the other bay. It's my best battery that is on the blink.
Then today, the battery just died: it will thankfully still show one light if I press the little button (meaning the cells are not all past recovery), but the Wallstreet will not only not charge it, but it does not recognize the battery any more: I now just get the "battery X" icon (I'm running 9.2).
Can someone explain what must have happened? It seems that the battery was going, going, and then it was gone, fizzled out. Is it most likely a bad cell, or most likely the electronics? And if the electronics, can I just solder in the necessary board from a scrap battery (I do have a couple of those)?
I'd like to save the battery if possible, as up to now it has worked very well, and the cells had (I thought) lots of life in them still.
Experienced advice appreciated!
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