IBook g4 (04) sudden death, plugged in

My wife's iBook has begun to power down without notice on battery-only AND on power. When it shuts down, the line-in remains gree-or-orange lit, depending on the battery's charge state.
I do not recall if the battery was subject to the recall and replacement. However until this issue surfaced within the past two weeks, she was getting four to six hours out of the battery.
I don't have her specs handy, but thought I'd post in hopes of a couple opinions.
I note a plethora of power-related issues in here, but mostly appearing to affect only iBooks off power, not both on and off. Additionally, given that the the battery appears good and appears to charge, does this problem point to a failure somewhere downstream of the power system?
My thought for next step is essentially to cart it over to the Apple Store for a diagnostic. Thoughts?

Interestingly, I had some similar issues not quite two years ago:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3595408#3595408
but foolishly I neglected to post my resolution. I suspect we just bought a new battery.

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Selmish wrote:
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Manufacturer:
Motorola
# of CPUs:
1
Codename:
Apollo 7
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Finish:
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Resolution:
1280x854
Backlight:
CCFL
Base Memory:
1gig PC2700 SODIMM
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Wireless:
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Optical Drive:
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O Sages of Mac Wisdom,
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Why would it be turning off on its own when it is plugged in?
Have you been on the machine when this happens? Are there any unusual symptoms when this happens?
Next:
Download Temp Monitor here and run it:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
report back
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Charging: Yes
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That's about a third of what it should be.
The ifixit battery:
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Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5804
That one should run it for 5 hours. It could be bad.
Did you calibrate it when you got it?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
In other words, do you have any estimate on how much more mileage I can get out of this one? Any past experiences anyone has had would be helpful!
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http://www.lowendmac.com/ed/herlihy/09ph/ibook-netbook.html
Richard
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