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iBook battery troubles (99%= full??)
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i cant seem to make the led thingy on the power cord green. i go up in the menu extra there and i have the plug image, but the charge is at 99%. anyone know what this is from? i find the same thing on my sisters 500 running jag. even better, anyone know how to fix this?
tia.
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well the led thing should go green at 99% the battery never hits 100%. As long as it's still getting charged that should be fine, is there another problem other than the light not turning green?
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it never says 100%. just stays at 99% with the fully charged (plug) graphic
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IT'S NORMAL. The question is, does the LED ring of the power cord turn green when the battery hits 99%/charged? It should. If it stays orange, I would recommend doing a PMU reset (kb article 14449).
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still orange, but now it says its at 100% with the adapter still orange. hmm.
(Last edited by d4nth3m4n; Dec 5, 2003 at 07:37 PM.
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I would worry if it went to 101%, overcharging a battery is never good
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I would suggest draining the battery to the very bottom,t hen charging it fully. If it still doesn't turn green after reaching 99-100%, I would call Apple.
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Mine stops at 96% and the charging thing is green.
should i be concerned?
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Mine stops at 96% and the charging thing is green.
should i be concerned?
did you properly calibrate the battery?
100th post!!! 
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The color of the cord of my first battery charger didn't ever change its color. It was green all the time. I bought the iBook (500Mhz) second hand. However it still charged the battery normally. So I really wouldn't trust only the color on the cord, if the iBook charges correctly and battery life is normal.
-Snowster
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Continue charging it, eventually will turn in green. After that just calibrate the battery.
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The first time i charged my iBook's battery I also was a bit "worried" that the charge never read 100%. However, after some time of leaving it that way, the color of the power adapter changed from orange/amber to green, and the status of the battery icon on the dock now read "Battery is Charged."
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