Hi everyone
I have an old clamshell iBook that has served me well the past 4 years or so. Now I just replaced it with a brand new Powerbook (happy me
) Since the iBook still worked quite well for some purposes (like mailing, surfing, office and such) I was thinking of giving it away to a friend of mine. Therefore I cleaned it up - like reinstalling OS 9.2 and the old Classic Office package. Personally I used it lately to explore OS X and have run it till Jaguar (including doing the firmware update).
Everything seemed nice after the reinstall, but now I found the battery is not charging anymore. Yes, the battery would be old and weary, but it did actually still work and charge when I used it before with OS X. Now the computer works fine with AC powered and the amber charging light is on, but the battery does not take charge at all. I have tried installing latest battery update from Apple page, also tried to reset the PMU - nothing works. From other boards I realise that other people also have trouble with this and have even tried exchanging the battery without success.
Anyone experienced the same, or know some more tricks to try out?
Edit: typos + heading
I have an old clamshell iBook that has served me well the past 4 years or so. Now I just replaced it with a brand new Powerbook (happy me
) Since the iBook still worked quite well for some purposes (like mailing, surfing, office and such) I was thinking of giving it away to a friend of mine. Therefore I cleaned it up - like reinstalling OS 9.2 and the old Classic Office package. Personally I used it lately to explore OS X and have run it till Jaguar (including doing the firmware update).Everything seemed nice after the reinstall, but now I found the battery is not charging anymore. Yes, the battery would be old and weary, but it did actually still work and charge when I used it before with OS X. Now the computer works fine with AC powered and the amber charging light is on, but the battery does not take charge at all. I have tried installing latest battery update from Apple page, also tried to reset the PMU - nothing works. From other boards I realise that other people also have trouble with this and have even tried exchanging the battery without success.
Anyone experienced the same, or know some more tricks to try out?
Edit: typos + heading