I have a Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet" that had a working battery. I foolishly put it into storage for about 4 months. Now i have pulled the laptop out to use and the battery is totally dead and will not charge. I have tried plugging the laptop in to charge the battery but it won't charge. I have tried the apple battery reset program and it shows the battery is there and resets it but the battery doesn't charge. I have tried charging it from both expansion bays with no luck. is it possible that being in storage killed the battery? Or could it be the PMU? I also tried doing the reset and zapping the PRAM.
Thanks, Gary Williams
In article 3fd0d6e7$1@redacted.invalid, "Gary Williams" gwilliams@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have a Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet" that had a working battery. I foolishly put it into storage for about 4 months. Now i have pulled the laptop out to use and the battery is totally dead and will not charge. I have tried plugging the laptop in to charge the battery but it won't charge. I have tried the apple battery reset program and it shows the battery is there and resets it but the battery doesn't charge. I have tried charging it from both expansion bays with no luck. is it possible that being in storage killed the battery? Or could it be the PMU? I also tried doing the reset and zapping the PRAM.
Thanks, Gary Williams
My wallstreet battery died as well and no battery put in it would charge. I was told this was a problem with the power manager and was a board that needed to be replaced. Not clear but I did have the same problem. Just has to be plugged in all of the time to work.
In article larry-2942AF.23434105122003@redacted.invalid, Lawrence Leichtman larry@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 3fd0d6e7$1@redacted.invalid, "Gary Williams" gwilliams@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have a Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet" that had a working battery. I foolishly put it into storage for about 4 months. Now i have pulled the laptop out to use and the battery is totally dead and will not charge. I have tried plugging the laptop in to charge the battery but it won't charge. I have tried the apple battery reset program and it shows the battery is there and resets it but the battery doesn't charge. I have tried charging it from both expansion bays with no luck. is it possible that being in storage killed the battery? Or could it be the PMU? I also tried doing the reset and zapping the PRAM.
Thanks, Gary Williams
My wallstreet battery died as well and no battery put in it would charge. I was told this was a problem with the power manager and was a board that needed to be replaced. Not clear but I did have the same problem. Just has to be plugged in all of the time to work.
You could get an external charger. Try Ebay.
In article 3fd0d6e7$1@redacted.invalid, "Gary Williams" gwilliams@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have a Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet" that had a working battery. I foolishly put it into storage for about 4 months. Now i have pulled the laptop out to use and the battery is totally dead and will not charge. I have tried plugging the laptop in to charge the battery but it won't charge. I have tried the apple battery reset program and it shows the battery is there and resets it but the battery doesn't charge. I have tried charging it from both expansion bays with no luck. is it possible that being in storage killed the battery? Or could it be the PMU? I also tried doing the reset and zapping the PRAM.
I had the same problem with my wallstreet, after I changed the PRAM battery all was working again. It was a real pain to change that battery, but seeing my powerbook working again was worth the effort.
The PRAM battery keeps the date/time current when there is no electrical power connected.
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Razer Fazer wrote on 16/12/03 11:33 pm:
"Gary Williams" wrote:
I have a Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet" that had a working battery. I foolishly put it into storage for about 4 months. Now i have pulled the laptop out to use and the battery is totally dead and will not charge. I have tried plugging the laptop in to charge the battery but it won't charge. I have tried the apple battery reset program and it shows the battery is there and resets it but the battery doesn't charge. I have tried charging it from both expansion bays with no luck. is it possible that being in storage killed the battery? Or could it be the PMU? I also tried doing the reset and zapping the PRAM.
I had the same problem with my wallstreet, after I changed the PRAM battery all was working again. It was a real pain to change that battery, but seeing my powerbook working again was worth the effort.
The PRAM battery keeps the date/time current when there is no electrical power connected.
Hi, Could you please let us know whereabouts of the PRAM battery, and what sort/spec is it?
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Razer Fazer wrote on 16/12/03 11:33 pm:
I had the same problem with my wallstreet, after I changed the PRAM battery all was working again. It was a real pain to change that battery, but seeing my powerbook working again was worth the effort.
The PRAM battery keeps the date/time current when there is no electrical power connected.
Hi, Could you please let us know whereabouts of the PRAM battery, and what sort/spec is it?
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The PRAM battery is located under the left palm on the powerbook. I don't know the lifetime, but mine lasted for about 4 years. To replace it, you will need a TORX T8 screwdriver.
I found some information on the URL below:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30580
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Razer Fazer wrote on 19/12/03 3:33 pm:
Ian_ <Ian@redacted.invalid_spam.com> wrote:
Razer Fazer wrote on 16/12/03 11:33 pm:
I had the same problem with my wallstreet, after I changed the PRAM battery all was working again. It was a real pain to change that battery, but seeing my powerbook working again was worth the effort.
The PRAM battery keeps the date/time current when there is no electrical power connected.
Hi, Could you please let us know whereabouts of the PRAM battery, and what sort/spec is it?
HTH, &B-) Ian No Spam, Please reply to newsgroup!
The PRAM battery is located under the left palm on the powerbook. I don't know the lifetime, but mine lasted for about 4 years. To replace it, you will need a TORX T8 screwdriver.
I found some information on the URL below:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30580
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Razer Fazer wrote on 19/12/03 3:33 pm:
Ian_ <Ian@redacted.invalid_spam.com> wrote:
Razer Fazer wrote on 16/12/03 11:33 pm:
I had the same problem with my wallstreet, after I changed the PRAM battery all was working again. It was a real pain to change that battery, but seeing my powerbook working again was worth the effort.
The PRAM battery keeps the date/time current when there is no electrical power connected.
Hi, Could you please let us know whereabouts of the PRAM battery, and what sort/spec is it?
HTH, &B-) Ian No Spam, Please reply to newsgroup!
The PRAM battery is located under the left palm on the powerbook. I don't know the lifetime, but mine lasted for about 4 years. To replace it, you will need a TORX T8 screwdriver.
I found some information on the URL below:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30580
Thanks Razer, &B-) Ian No Spam, Please reply to newsgroup!
Hello everybody!
First of all let me excuse for my bad english (I¥m Austrian). Concearning the battery problems: I¥ve read an article which says, that OS 10.2 will "kill" the battery. I¥ve searched about a day for a solution - found non. If anybody has a solution - please inform me.
Thanks a lot.
Look at www.Macfixit.com for Wednesday, December 24 (still up
Christmas Day) for a reference to the Apple Knowledge Base article on batteries and OS 10.2.x. Merry Christmas