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Powerbook G4 won't charge past 43%?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Houston
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I've got a Powerbook G4/1.5 12"
The battery life of my 280 cycle battery started acting weird, so I got a new battery.
Now, even the new battery won't charge past about 43%. I've repeatedly calibrated it, but to no avail.
Wanted to see if anyone had a solution.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Palo Alto, CA USA
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Try using Coconutbattery. It will tell you the current charge capacity and how many cycles the battery has been charged. Maybe you got a bum battery and need to exchange it.
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You can reset the power manager. But given the age of your machine, I think the battery is just old. Batteries have a finite life time and ~300 charge cycles sounds reasonable.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Oreo, he´s got a new battery..
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would calibrating it in a different machine help at all?
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