I have a Pismo and I replaced the battery about 4 months ago and everything has been fine until the last couple of weeks. My battery is currently at 39% and not charging. If I unp…

I discovered that if I remove the battery, wait a few minutes and reinsert it, it will charge a few percent and then stop. If I remove it once it has stopped charging, the connect…

Uh, oh. You have the same problem I have. My history runs like this: I have a PBG3 (BK--Pismo) that I've had for years. I upgraded it to 10.2 and then 10.3. I did the 10.3 upgrad…

And one other thing... did you ever install that intermediate update? It was... hmmm... 10.2.8 that was released and then pulled and re-released? I did. On this machine. It caused …

Quote: Originally posted by Octo: I have a Pismo and I replaced the battery about 4 months ago and everything has been fine until the last couple of weeks. My battery i…

I see just "f5" in boot ROM version. And, oops, it turns out I have a Lombard, not a Pismo. Any further clues would be appreciated.

Who did you get the battery from?

OK, you're not going to believe this... I just installed from the original PBG3 restore CD and rebooted. Then I downloaded Battery Reset 2.0 from Apple. (http://docs.info.apple.co…

My Pismo reports 4.18f5 and my 'new' battery is a 'Hi Capacity Power Products' B-5899. I'm going to try rebooting into classic and see what the behaviour is under classic. Then I …

I have pretty much the same experience with my pismo. After I got the new battery it did recharge for a while, then the lightning rod over the battery in the menu bar would come a…

That's actually my next step here. Granted, the PMUs of the Pismo and Lombard are different and we may be comparing Apples and, um, Apples, but I'll let you know what I find out. …

Unfortunately, Battery Reset doesn't work on the Pismo. So we don't have that avenue of hope.

Having retrieved my old battery from my office, I tried it. It will charge! (though it only lasts for a few minutes without the AC adapter plugged in). Nonetheless it does charge, …

Okay I contacted the retailer that I got my battery from and I was told to send it in to be tested. It turned out to be bad and I got a new battery. Now after a couple of months o…

interesting thread... i noticed by pismo battery showed a full charge after updating to panther... of about an hour (about half of what it used to be). i assumed my battery was dy…

I wear a jacket with fleece lining. I take it off when I get into my room and I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks. Is there anything that I can do to stop thi…

You'll be shocked either way. When you were fleece you end up building up a static charge, and it must be discharged someway or another. You can discharge it by touching a door h…

Spray your jacket with static guard. The spark might still be there, but not as bad.

Quote: I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks.[/b] Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy.

That cant be good for the PB is it?

What if I get a humidifier? Would that decrease the static electricity due to the humidity in the air?

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy. LOL

this has happened to me twice this winter... went to open my pb, a small shock, and... kernel panic! had to restart. now i just touch everything else first... (before going near …

I find that you can usually discharge yourself by touching one of the screws on a light switch. I usually do that, or just make sure that I touch my PC first. And yes, a humidif…

I had a fleece jacket once but I kept getting shocked too. I ditched the jacket. Meh!