PB Pismo battery reset — #7

Post #7 by Elfen

Source Forum	PB Pismo battery reset — #7
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 - 17:23
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/pb-pismo-battery-reset.65/

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CC_333 said:
We had a Lombard, whose battery was assumed dead for many years (it wasn't recognized by the system).

Then, for no apparent reason, it decided to work after I mistakenly booted Tiger on it. I think it got at least 1.5 hours of usage and as far as I know still works perfectly (prety good for a 16 year old battery!) I also obtained an aftermarket battery from a Pismo, and after giving me a few fits initially, it gives me about 3 hours of time (it abruptly cuts down to 0% when it hits 10-15%, which is annoying, but it's still quite usable otherwise).

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This happened to a ThinkPad 560E and a couple of PowerBooks dad had, it would not recharge, boot or keep on the laptop when the powerpac is disconnected from the outlet when they had a standard hard drive in it. But when these systems were given a SSD or CF-SSD, the batteries suddenly began to work again. It is almost Twilight Zone eerie.