Thanks. Yes, seems this is not going to work. I've cycled it many times, and tried a freeze-thaw to see if I could get anything different with those darned electrons. The charge capacity has continued to drop every time I cycle it, so the processor is tracking the lack of charge life. It went from 4500 mAh when I first tried to charge it to about 950 mAh after two days of attempts. I am trying one more freeze-thaw just to be anal, but if that doesn't produce a different result, I will just have to toss this one. I was hopeful because another NOS Apple battery I bought charged and held like a champ. I imagine heat in storage damaged this one...oh well. The number of new batteries I am seeing for Pismo online are dropping and their price is rising... Lowest price I've seen for a new Chinese-produced one is about $50 shipped.