[DM-MUG] iBook battery

[Jon Thompson]

Yes, you need a new battery.
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Jon Thompson
jon at mac-consultant.com
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On Jan 16, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Ray Bowler wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> My wife's iBook has been showing the battery at 99% most of the  
> time with the power adapter green, then it will go to 100% then  
> later back to 99%.  The iBook is 4 years old so  I was disturbed by  
> this. So I followed Apple's instructions for resetting the Power  
> Manager. This didn't change anything. This morning I had her  
> disconnect the Power Adapter while she was using it. In about 30  
> mins. it had dropped to 75%(not too bad). Then it went to sleep.  
> Nothing would wake it up. When I reconnected the Power Adapter it  
> woke up but the battery indicator was at 0% and took a while to  
> start recharging. This looks to me like a new battery is needed. Am  
> I correct about this or would other tests be indicated? Last I  
> looked these cost $100 so I don't like to invest in one if that is  
> not the problem.
> -- 
> Ray
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