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yklxcq

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Jun 22, 2005
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i just got the powerbook today, everything is fine, except for one. i have following the instruction , and use the battery all and fully charge, but the problem is the battery indicate light always yellow, and if i go to sleep and turn on again the green light will on but after 20-30 seconds it turn yellow again, and it show Calculating in the menu bar, can some one help me with that,cheers
 
Run this command

yklxcq said:
i just got the powerbook today, everything is fine, except for one. i have following the instruction , and use the battery all and fully charge, but the problem is the battery indicate light always yellow, and if i go to sleep and turn on again the green light will on but after 20-30 seconds it turn yellow again, and it show Calculating in the menu bar, can some one help me with that,cheers

In terminal window run this:

ioreg -l | grep Capacity

paste what you got here. It will tell you something about battery.
 
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