[Jim Paradise]

This evening I swapped out my current battery for an older one that I hadn't used in the past two years. For some reason it won't charge. Did I screw something up?

[jasong]

Unfortunately, you did. Batteries need to be used occasionally. After two years of disuse, the battery likely discharged to the point where it can't recharge.

A trick I saw on the net once was the pop the battery in and out a few times (like 10 or so). The idea was that the power from the PowerBook would act as a "jump start" to the battery. This was for the Pismo/Lombard machines and I have no proof it ever worked, but you may as well try it.

Good luck.

[Jim Paradise]

Originally Posted by jasong

Unfortunately, you did. Batteries need to be used occasionally. After two years of disuse, the battery likely discharged to the point where it can't recharge.

A trick I saw on the net once was the pop the battery in and out a few times (like 10 or so). The idea was that the power from the PowerBook would act as a "jump start" to the battery. This was for the Pismo/Lombard machines and I have no proof it ever worked, but you may as well try it.

Good luck.

Damn, that's a shame. I'll give that a try, though. Thank you.

[asodamiac]

http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

batteries are a bit expensive too..