Even though the battery in my Macbook late 2008 shows 995 charged the power adapter light continues to glow red. What do I need to do? s/w fully uptodate, plenty of ram and hd space.

Even though the battery inb my Macbook late 2008 shows 99% chrged the indicator glows red(amber?) What do I need to do? s/w is up to date. Plenty of RAM and HD. s/n W8*******1AX
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I got the charger from my friend and now it boots up just fine. There seem to be many meanings to the three flashes based on my Internet searches but in this case it appears that it's some way of indicating a low battery.

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Apple has tightened its requirements for this OS upgrade, and some older Macs— even ones that qualified for Lion — won't make the cut for Mountain Lion.
The general system requirements are straightforward:
OS X v10.6.8 or later
2GB of memory
8GB of available space
Apple also lists which models support Mountain Lion:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
From what i've read elsewhere, your older model of iMac has a CPU and logic board that partially runs in 32 bit mode at times. Mountain Lion requires that they run Exclusively in pure 64 bit mode. Yours cannot be made to do that.
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I have my powerbook 1.67ghz, its plugged in and i have a couple of adapters so i dont think it is the power adapter.
it has been plugged in and only records 57% power. What does anyone think? it fluctuates between GREEN and AMBER light on the power adapter.
On the back of the computer itself i see some green lights but i dont know what they mean.
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Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
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Remaining Capacity (mAh): 2228
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11798
Cycle Count: 33
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 50
Connected: Yes
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Hi, Scott.
yes i am using the 65 watt power adapter...
Not when you ran System Profiler and got the results you quoted above, you weren't — at least not if System Profiler can be believed. Set the 50W adapter aside and don't use it with the Powerbook. If your alleged 65W adapter is identified by SP as a 50W adapter, it needs to be replaced with a proper one.
If you "really never use it unplugged," that may explain why your Powerbook is misbehaving. Powerbook batteries want to be used. If you don't completely discharge and recharge your battery every two to four weeks, its charge-level calibration will become very inaccurate, and it may lose capacity faster than it should.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
If the plug on the 65W adapter fits your iBook (i.e., if it's an iBook G4 rather than a G3), test the 65W adapter to make sure it charges the iBook battery properly. (This will do neither the adapter nor the iBook any harm.) If it does, it's almost certainly not at fault. The other three components of the Powerbook's charging system are the battery, the logic board, and the DC-in/Sound card. Plug the 65W adapter into a wall socket that you know is reliable and not switched. Reset your Powerbook's Power Management Unit, following the instructions in this article for your particular model. Connect the adapter to the Powerbook and let it charge for twelve hours without turning it on. Post back to let us know the results.
Other questions:
How old is your battery?
Was this battery supplied to you under Apple's replacement program for original PB batteries within a certain serial-number range? Many of the replacement batteries issued under that program seem to have been defective. They lose capacity very rapidly and prematurely (which yours hasn't done) and/or they refuse to charge even when they appear to be in good health (which yours may be doing). If your battery was supplied under the replacement program, it falls under greater suspicion.
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Howdy,
I'm having a devil of a time with my Powerbook. It won't recognize a power adapter.
It won't charge my battery.
Won't run when plugged into the power adapter.
The only way it works is for me to charge my battery in my girlfriend's Powerbook and then sprint through any work I try to get done.
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System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 5
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: No
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Battery Information:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3734
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 3374
Amperage (mA): -1231
Voltage (mV): 11770
Cycle Count: 235
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 0
Connected: No
Charging: No
Hardware Configuration:
Clamshell Closed: No
UPS Installed: No
If anyone has any suggestions I'll love them forever.
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Welcome to the Apple discussions.
There's only 4 components in the charging circuit: power adapter, DC-in card, battery, and logic board. Do you know for a fact that your power adapter is working? If yes, then not running on the power adapter says either the DC-in card is bad (the card that has the jacks on the left side of the computer) or it's a logic board issue. Is the female jack where you plug the power adapter in visibly damaged, loose, or the case around the socket damaged? If the socket is wiggly loose, likely a new DC-in card is in order. Does the power adapter light up at all when you plug it in?
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