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Mod PowerBook G4 PRAM battery?

WalnutSpice

WalnutSpice

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Jun 21, 2015
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So I'm starting to use my PowerBook G4 as my go to instead of my MacBook (White early 2009) but the only factor really keeping me from using it on a day to day is the PRAM battery being dead. It makes the entire thing an inconvenience to use. I looked on ebay for a legit replacement but they all look old and used. Now in the little pouch with the battery in it, It looks like its a standard CMOS battery. Can I just (carefully) remove it doing my best to leave the contact points intact and then shoving a new battery in there? Some tape to put it back together, maybe some copper wire if I mess up the contacts. I just want it to work, don't care if it doesn't look good.
 
WalnutSpice said:
So I'm starting to use my PowerBook G4 as my go to instead of my MacBook (White early 2009) but the only factor really keeping me from using it on a day to day is the PRAM battery being dead. It makes the entire thing an inconvenience to use. I looked on ebay for a legit replacement but they all look old and used. Now in the little pouch with the battery in it, It looks like its a standard CMOS battery. Can I just (carefully) remove it doing my best to leave the contact points intact and then shoving a new battery in there? Some tape to put it back together, maybe some copper wire if I mess up the contacts. I just want it to work, don't care if it doesn't look good.
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You can, but if yours is a DLSD, you will have to solder on a Li-Ion pack
 
Late '05s are all high-res, which corresponds with several other architectural changes including the DLSD and DDR-2 RAM. The model number on the 15" is A1138, and A1139 on the 17"

If yours uses DDR RAM, is 1.67ghz, and has a low res screen, it's an early '05.
 
bunnspecial said:
Late '05s are all high-res, which corresponds with several other architectural changes including the DLSD and DDR-2 RAM. The model number on the 15" is A1138, and A1139 on the 17"

If yours uses DDR RAM, is 1.67ghz, and has a low res screen, it's an early '05.
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Yeah, mine is an early '05. Whoops. so that means it's not a DLSD?
 
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