IBook G4 14 inch battery

My 15 month old iBook G4 14 inch's battery is messed up. It keeps going down and now i only charge it for 45 mins and its fully charged and i can use it for only 1 hour or 45 mins
Do you have any solutions??
Thanks

Abdullah, Welcome to the discussion area!
Have you tried resetting the PMU?

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