Hmm, I had a similar experience with my iBook Clamshell. Here's the story, for what it's worth. I received an excellent battery with my clamshell - a BTI 4 hour battery. It ran great. I put the clamshell to sleep, and left it that way (not plugged in) for days. The battery was 'drained' when I next used the book. But, the iBook would charge the battery for about 5 minutes, then stop, no matter what I tried. (the usual resets, software, etc etc.) I assumed the battery was dead, so, naturally, I took it apart } . Well, it turned out that the cells were all fully charged - the controller in the battery was just messed up. My solution was to discharge the cells manually. I hooked up some DC motors from old VCRs to each pair, and when it was discharged, I moved to the next pair. This worked just fine, and I've actually been dumb enough to leave the thing in sleep again, so I've had to do this twice.


Anyway, perhaps it is worth cracking the battery open and taking a look with a voltmeter - it can't hurt too much, right?

Oh, and if you kill/blow up/burn/short anything, please don't blame me

Kyle-

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