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emul8this
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Canada
2 Posts
Posted - 13 Nov 2002 :  14:23:15
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER


USA
2899 Posts
Posted - 13 Nov 2002 :  14:26:27
quote:

Any links on how to? Got 2 to do surgery




Search "recell" here and on fritter.

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Alien
Junior Member


Netherlands
269 Posts
Posted - 11 Dec 2002 :  08:46:46
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/520_Fixes/520_&_540.htm

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Flash
Full Member


Australia
637 Posts
Posted - 17 Dec 2002 :  05:31:07
Tonite I ripped apart a battery - just to see what's in it, and coz I like wrecking things I don't know how you're going to get one apart for recelling - I had to chisel in with a screwdriver and there's no way it's going to be able to be put back tohether in one piece.

But perhaps you don't need a recell yet? I've been doing a bit of battery rejuvenating, and batteries that [I] thought were completely dead, are now working again. First thing I do is check the battery using EEMpathy (by VST Power Systems) and if that doesn't work, I give it a blast with "Intelligent Battery Recondition" (Apple) and then EEMpathy again. Between the two bits of software I have managed to get batteries charged up again. I now have three completely charged batteries, and one that has just ticked over to 31% charged. I'll write back once I've use the batteries for a few days and let you know how they're panning out.

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thelip
Full Member


USA
729 Posts
Posted - 17 Dec 2002 :  08:14:13
so what does it mean when i try apple rejunvenation software in my 5300c and the moment i start, the screen goes to a frozen fuzz and a slow cresendo of static is emitted from the speaker? Oh, and a faint scent of burning plastic?

this has been fixed by apple though, it's been sent in twice, by the look of the dates stamped inside the case where the battery goes.

just curious


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triumph_larry
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USA
54 Posts
Posted - 18 Dec 2002 :  09:42:12
It means you have to stop listening to techno music.

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dunbar
New Member


USA
87 Posts
Posted - 18 Dec 2002 :  13:49:51
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http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/520_Fixes/520_&_540.htm


I used the information on that site and my powerbook has, at one time, run for over 30 minutes on the cells which I installed.

I don't recall any major troubles with that guys instructions, but the intelligent battery memory utilities are scarce (Battery Amnesia, and one other, from LIND). You'll need them, seriously. I had 7 shorted cells in the original cell stack, so the smart battery CPU and memory stuff had stored a lot of bad data on the way to dead cells.

These utilities eradicate the bad cells data and thus helped make the new batteries work. Before I used the utilities, even after overnight charge, 3 to 6 minutes was all I could get out of a full charge on the new cells, until I learned about the utilities..... where did I find them..... infomac?
I can email them via peecee, if necesary.

Anyway, I have since done something wrong, and right now all I get is 9 minutes. The run time dropped after I repaired the defective memory one time too many, I think. Still, it is coming back up again, so I have to keep trying. A] I used old cells, never had been used but were 3 years old; b] I charge, then discharge then test the memory, repeatedly, which slowly increased my run time.... I'm at cycle 98 since recelling the battery, cycle 92 was the longest run which I mentioned above.

I hope your mileage WILL vary,


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candyPunk
Full Member


USA
856 Posts
Posted - 24 Dec 2002 :  16:32:12
Try charging seemingly dead batteries w/ an external charger before giving up on them or recelling. VST's charger can often jump start dead ones into working again

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Flash
Full Member


Australia
637 Posts
Posted - 27 Dec 2002 :  19:12:09
I get about 2.5 - 3 hours using two batteries. WOOHOO!

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