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iBook G4 battery problems...
Hey everyone!
Lately I've been having some issues with my iBook's battery. When I open an application that tells me its health and its current status, it says it has 86% health (3803mAh vs 4400mAh when new) and has 250 battery-loadcycles. Well my issue is as follows . One day I used the battery until my iBook just randomly shut off completely, no sleep mode, nothing like that. Therefore , I plugged in the laptop, and it started charging with the orange light on the power connector. Later on, I came back and the light was green. When I turned on my laptop I found that instead of having charged up to 100% , it charged to 47% (1800mAh) with the green light on, also at the battery meter on the menubar got stuck showing : (calculating) but it stays like that... Therefore , later on, I tried discharging and charging again only to get similar results ; except that this time up to 45%. What's going on? I'm guessing the health of my battery is more like 50% rather than the 86%...? Any solutions? Thanks in advance!
xx( 8-o
Lately I've been having some issues with my iBook's battery. When I open an application that tells me its health and its current status, it says it has 86% health (3803mAh vs 4400mAh when new) and has 250 battery-loadcycles. Well my issue is as follows . One day I used the battery until my iBook just randomly shut off completely, no sleep mode, nothing like that. Therefore , I plugged in the laptop, and it started charging with the orange light on the power connector. Later on, I came back and the light was green. When I turned on my laptop I found that instead of having charged up to 100% , it charged to 47% (1800mAh) with the green light on, also at the battery meter on the menubar got stuck showing : (calculating) but it stays like that... Therefore , later on, I tried discharging and charging again only to get similar results ; except that this time up to 45%. What's going on? I'm guessing the health of my battery is more like 50% rather than the 86%...? Any solutions? Thanks in advance!
xx( 8-o
It sounds like a dead cell possibly, or the chip board for the batteries is messed up, check to see if it follows under the recall program.
https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/main?id=qp
https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/main?id=qp
I checked...it's not a recall battery....therefore, that can't be it... any other ideas anyone?
First I'd suggest you go through a full calibration circle.
The fact that the iBook shuts off without warning nor sleep seems to tell the battery doesn't know what's its charge.
The fact that the iBook shuts off without warning nor sleep seems to tell the battery doesn't know what's its charge.
That was the same case with my iBook. Calibrating did nothing.
If calibration doesn't do it, then I'd say the battery's dead. I saw that wit my first gen "BlackBook": one day 85% of full charge capacity, and the next day it shuts off without warning after half an hour. But that one was under a battery recall from Apple, so it was changed by AppleCare.