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PowerBook AC Adaptor turns green but won't charge battery
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Pretty much as the title describes. The PowerBook runs fine but the battery indicator calculates charge time forever, and the laptop dies if the plug is removed.
Anyone dealt with this before? Any guesses/suggestions?
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Have you tried replacing the battery?
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Considering that costs money, not yet.
Terminal lists it as still having good charge capacity.
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Terminal could be in error. If you can't keep it on without having the AC plugged in, then I would think it is most likely the battery.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Make an appointment, go see a Genius. Could be the adaptor, could be the battery.
Presuming you've reset the PMU and the PRAM?
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Did you look at the "cycle count" in the System Profiler?
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Which Powerbook? Which AC adaptor? Is this the original battery and adaptor that came with the machine or others? Need more details...
Steve
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The power adapter is bad. Happened to my 'Book and a friends. It's not the battery, I promise.
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Originally Posted by amazing 
Make an appointment, go see a Genius. Could be the adaptor, could be the battery.
Presuming you've reset the PMU and the PRAM?
Don't live near an Apple Store (3 hours away), I haven't seen the PRAM reset yet.
Originally Posted by ibook_steve
Which Powerbook? Which AC adaptor? Is this the original battery and adaptor that came with the machine or others? Need more details...
Steve
TiBook 1.67, original on both.
I shoudl probably mention this is a friend PB.
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Yep it is AC adaptor. My friend who had this happened also had a 1.67 GHz PowerBook.
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Well, my buddy wasn't at work today, so I might have news Monday. Thanks, so far.
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