I downloaded the software, rebooted and ran it. Now it keeps telling me to remove and reinsert the battery - I have done that, but the program keeps "popping up" in the dock, even though I've rebooted again. Hmm...what should I do?
vasaz said:How long is a "while" for the restart? Mine has been stuck at the blue screen for ~10 min...
How old is your laptop + battery? Do you use the coconutBattery thing? How many cycles has your battery been thru?cephoto said:My 15 PowerBook gets 70-80 minutes at the MOST on a full charge
Nereus said:This is surely a stupid question, but did you turn off your PB to remove the battery or did you remove while it was on?![]()
revisionA said:I would turn it off just to be safe... i know its supposed to allow you to change batteries without shutting down but I dont trust that kind of reasoning. Powered stuff off before you start futzing...
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cephoto said:My 15 PowerBook gets 70-80 minutes at the MOST on a full charge and when I saw the Apple Battery Update I was really excited. But when I ran the update, it said my battery didn't need the update. Doesn't need the update!! What the hell is up with a "battery update" that ignores those in the most need?
I think the Update message should read:
"You don't need the update, you're screwed and we don't care. Just like your iPod battery sucker."
Apple lost that suit but is fighting it so they don't have to replace those lousy batteries.
As a lonnng time Apple devotee, I'm really disappointed in Apple's lack of ethics on these issues.
MacRumorUser said:Damn Apple...
I rang Apple AfterSales Care on 8th to complain about battery performance on my new 15" DL PB
They then arrange not a replacement battery, but a whole replacement PB!!! TNT collected my PB yesterday evening and apple confirmed new PB order...
Then 24 hours later I find out this update exists which probably would have sorted out the problems I was having....
How come tech support didn't have a clue that these updates were going to be online shortly...
So now I'm without PB for probably 2 weeks whilst they build & ship me a new PB from China.
Hopefully I'll at least get a decent screen this time, but i'm not counting on it![]()
cmfire said:I got this from my system information:
Please compare the mperage(mA)
Before update:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4385
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 4329
Amperage (mA): 407
Voltage (mV): 12565
Cycle Count: 19
After update:
Battery Information:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4385
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 4297
Amperage (mA): -1679
Voltage (mV): 12259
Cycle Count: 19
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cait-sith said:I'm on the 2nd last PB 15" revision (bought in June 05) and software update wants me to install it.
Mine says 2505 mAh Max Full Charge Capacity. Where did you get that much higher capacity number?stoid said:Fascinating.
I thought I read awhile back that the 15 inch PowerBook batteries could hold a 4600 mah charge, but Apple had firmware limited to filling to 4400 mah for some reason, perhaps this lifts that restriction?
How do we calibrate?DSL Steve said:It looks like you have to calibrate.