Powerbook G4 with no solution?

Hi everyone.

Some days ago i finally added a Powerbook g4 to my Mac collection and since then ive been trying to fix this computer without any results.

The Powerbook had the battery dead at first and i had to replace it with a new one i had. Now the problem/weird thing is that the computer detects the battery but it doesnt charge.

It has about 18% of the charge and when i try to boot up all i hear is like a fan sound and nothing more, no boot up sound and no image on the screen.

If i boot up using the power cable thats when i see the 18% of the battery icon, but as soon as i take out the power cord, the image goes black although the computer still makes sounds as if it was on.

Does it have any solution?

PS: ive tried to reset the PMU,changed the pRam for a new one, reset the Nvram.

Thanks in advance.

666sheep said:

Which exactly PB it is? Did you try another charger? How about charger's light? Does it change its color (green - no charging, orange - charging)? If charger is OK, bad DC-in board could be source of your problem.

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I fixed the problem with the computer not detecting the power from the battery ( had to desolder a resistor on the logic board).

The problem is still with the cable. The light is always orange and doesnt change.

Regards

PS: its a PB 1.67ghz DL