2 second battery life - can anyone help?
My sixth month old powerbook G4 has a battery life of all of 2 seconds and needs to be plugged into the charger constantly. Anyone have any idea either why this has happened, or how I can sort it out? Will apple supply me with a new one or is there some magical button I can press that will make it work again?
Any suggestions appreciated...
Batteries do sometime fail. First, try resetting the Power Management Unit as per Apple Tech Article 14449:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
If that doesn't help, I think the unoffical warranty on batteries is either 6 months or 1 year, so try your case with Apple.
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