IBook G4 Battery wont recharge

Hi - can someone please offer some advice:
My battery wont recharge. I have it plugged in and the LED is amber, however the battery level remains at 0%. When I plug out the AC cord the iBook shuts down.
Any advice?
Thanks

Either the power adapter (and/or) the battery have failed. If you can run the
computer from the power adapter, then it is working adequately enough to
do this. It may not have sufficient power output to charge a battery and run
the computer -- if it is part of the problem.
Inside the computer's System Profiler (OSX 10.4) see "Power" and that
should tell you the status of the Battery (capacity, life, charge cycles total)
& also it should tell the status of the AC Power Adapter. This info may help.
[ Resetting iBook/PBookG4 Power Management Unit (PMU) ]
How old is the computer, and the battery you refer to here?
Do you have a spare battery to test the computer and charger?
How long has it been since the battery showed a significant charge?

Similar Messages

2007 Macbook Black Battery wont recharge?

I have had to buy 5 new batteries for this macbook. If the battery is drained of power and not recharged within three days it dies, and can not be recharged. Does anyone know of any fixes? Better batteries? Apple refunds? Is Apple aware of this horrible product?

If the battery is drained of power and not recharged within three days it dies, and can not be recharged.
Normal for all Lithium-Poly batteries.

HT1476 i-phone3 wont recharge; initially home button wouldn't work. Applied the 'auto-touch button thing' via settings. This worked until I ran out of battery life. Now it won't recharge either via laptop (usually does) or wall switch. Just a blk screen.

i-phone3 wont recharge; initially home button wouldn't work. Applied the 'auto-touch button thing' via settings. This worked until I ran out of battery life. Now it won’t recharge either via laptop (usually does) or wall switch. Just a blk screen.

In general theory, one now has the Edit button for their posts, until someone/anyone Replies to it. I've had Edit available for weeks, as opposed to the old forum's ~ 30 mins.
That, however, is in theory. I've posted, and immediately seen something that needed editing, only to find NO Replies, yet the Edit button is no longer available, only seconds later. Still, in that same thread, I'd have the Edit button from older posts, to which there had also been no Replies even after several days/weeks. Found one that had to be over a month old, and Edit was still there.
Do not know the why/how of this behavior. At first, I thought that maybe there WAS a Reply, that "ate" my Edit button, but had not Refreshed on my screen. Refresh still showed no Replies, just no Edit either. In those cases, I just Reply and mention the [Edit].
Also, it seems that the buttons get very scrambled at times, and Refresh does not always clear that up. I end up clicking where I "think" the right button should be and hope for the best. Seems that when the buttons do bunch up they can appear at random around the page, often three atop one another, and maybe one way the heck out in left-field.
While I'm on a role, it would be nice to be able to switch between Flattened and Threaded Views on the fly. Each has a use, and having to go to Options and then come back down to the thread is a very slow process. Jive is probably incapable of this, but I can dream.
Hunt

Just replaced ipod classic battery but wont recharge after it went dead??

Oringinal battery was dead so i replaced the battery, when i replaced the battery the new battery had some charge to it and would charge but only half way, so i let it die so i could recharge it to calibrate the battery but it wont recharge it just says charging, please weight. Is it possible that i got a defetive battery?? or somthing wrong with the main board??

Thank you, I just read a forum reponse that spoke about charging as it related to use of an iHome charge and the disconnecting of that iPod at:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/734757?start=0&tstart=0
I believe this answered my question as well, especially talking about the new Lithium-ion batteries as are found in the 6th generation iPod.
Helpful and thanks - more discussion continuing might be helpful as well.

We have a 2009 white macbook it got to 7% power was shut down wont recharge tried taking the battery out and magsafe nor light on the magsafe

we have a 2009 white macbook it got to 7% power was shut down wont recharge tried taking the battery out and magsafe no light on the magsafe or power on the macbook? do we need a new magsafe or has the battery died?

Hi degsy t,
If you feel you may have potential battery or charger issues with your MacBook, you may find the troubleshooting steps in the following article helpful:
Mac notebooks: All about batteries
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1446
Regards,
- Brenden

Help, Battery wont charge even though light is green

My Ibook G4 has stopped charging, it will show the amber light as if it is charging but the little battery wont show charge on my Ibook. Anyone have an ideas?

cut and paste your batttey info from System Info here, and we can help diagnose...

I am using my Ipad on a remote craftshow site and am having problems with battery lasting 8 hrs. Can I use a 12v rv battery to recharge it or atleast maintain the charg over longer periods of time? I have a dc adapter. thanks

I am using my Ipad on a remote craftshow site and am having problems with battery lasting 8 hrs. Can I use a 12v rv battery to recharge it or at least maintain the charge over longer periods of time? I have a dc adapter. thanks

You should be able to use the battery if you get a car type charger which recharges mobile devices.
The full size iPads use a 10-12W charger, whereas the mini uses a 5W charger. Many car chargers only supply 5W. But at 5W, the car charger should give you some extra time on your iPad. It would be best to use a 10-12W car charger.
 Cheers, Tom

My ipod touch 2g 8gb has no battery, wont charge on my pc or on my outlet 220W, and it wont turn on.

My ipod touch 2g 8gb has no battery, wont charge on my pc (Hp Pavilion g6 intel Pentium 2.2Ghz, 2 gb) or on my outlet 220W, and it wont turn on. What should I do?

Hi there fCdawg123!
I have an article here that can address this issue for you and give you some further troubleshooting steps:
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
As you may note, this article was written for the iPhone, but the steps for troubleshooting will be the same for your iPod touch. This is the section that I believe will help you the most with this issue:
Will not turn on, will not turn on unless connected to power, or unexpected power off
Verify that the Sleep/Wake button functions. If it does not function, inspect it for signs of damage. If the button is damaged or is not functioning when pressed, seek service.
Check if a Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI) is activated or there are signs of corrosion. Learn about LCIsand corrosion.
Connect the iPhone to the iPhone's USB power adapter and let it charge for at least ten minutes.
After at least 15 minutes, if:
The home screen appears: The iPhone should be working. Update to the latest version of iOS if necessary. Continue charging it until it is completely charged and you see this battery icon in the upper-right corner of the screen . Then unplug the phone from power. If it immediately turns off, seek service.
The low-battery image appears, even after the phone has charged for at least 20 minutes: See "iPhone displays the low-battery image and is unresponsive" symptom in this article.
Something other than the Home screen or Low Battery image appears, continue with this article for further troubleshooting steps.
If the iPhone did not turn on, reset it while connected to the iPhone USB power adapter.
If the display turns on, go to step 4.
If the display remains black, go to next step.
Connect the iPhone to a computer and open iTunes. If iTunes recognizes the iPhone and indicates that it is in recovery mode, attempt to restore the iPhone. If the iPhone doesn't appear in iTunes or if you have difficulties in restoring the iPhone, see this article for further assistance.
If restoring the iPhone resolved the issue, go to step 4. If restoring the iPhone did not solve the issue, seek service.
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

HT1476 My battery wont charge instead the battery gets drained

I recently bought the iphone 5 in November and ever since it has had problems with the battery, As most people have. Recently my battery has gone down quicker and quicker. Now for some reason my battery wont charge at all. when connecting to the charger the phone delays in recognising it and when it is removed it still says its charging. Now when it is charging it does not charge but drain the battery faster. I have tried buying a new charger, using older charges. I have updated the phone and nothing. I dont know what to do.

Make a Genius Bar appointment at your nearest Apple Store.

Battery wont charge at high loads all of a sudden?!

ANy help here would be appriciates, asap! thanks:P
All of a sudden, as of today, my battery wont charge when the mbp is under a high load. I thought it was just not charging (was not charging in wow) and then realised as soon as i quit, it started to charge again. SO i ran 2 yes > /dev/null to test, and all of a sudden it stopped charging and the magsafe light went to green... (at 25%) as soon as i stopped one of hte processes, abck to orange, charging... started a 2nd up, stopped charging and started to use the battery again.
Does ANYONE have any idea what is going on? i know macbooks can't cahrge under high loads, however, im on a MBP and it has never happened until this evening. Any ideas guys? could it be the bettery somehow, actual computer short not letting it get enough power.... anything? 3 month old mbp (3rd one, first two never had a problem, nor this until tonight)
callign apple in morning, but hoping to resolve before since the closest store is hrs away.. thanks!
james

Hey,
I've actually used yes to test it ( yes > /dev/null) in console to mac the cores, its standard on all systems. They've sent em a new power supply saying it sounds like 'it isnt getting all the current' basically, which, seems rather odd. it ONLY started after the keyboard update, as if the new firmware ***** more power ot eh usb hub and it just pushed it over.. maybe my magsafe was always busted nto working properly, but it's always worked for me.. I have a feeling i'm gonna be going into the store an hr away this weekend :/
Had a friend who has NOT ran the update try, and at full loads he still charge fine, unplugged with it running to drain battery a bit, plugged in and it went ot charge, i tried again and it goes green and wont charge at a heavy load Oh, yea, and my laptop wont go on w/o battery and plugged in.. like it's not getting the full 85w, or.. somethign is toasted on my actual laptop. CCC here i come for a drive clone tonight! heh

Strange iBook G3 battery issue

I have an iBook G3 FireWire model which won't recognise its battery. It displays as 5% charged with the "fully charged" icon next to it and the menu saying "Calculating... until full." Unplugging the computer will force it to shut down. The computer's optical drive is broken, so I had to install Tiger via USB. The first time, it worked just fine, charging the battery as normal. The problem arose when I installed some updates (I think it was the 10.4.11 Combo updater) and shut down. Upon restart, it never reached the "Starting Mac OS X" screen, just staying on a light blue screen with a perpetually spinning wheel. After attempting multiple restarts, I unplugged the computer while it was on said screen, and it lost all power just as it does now. I reinstalled Tiger with the same USB and disk image the next day. Both http://reviews.ebay.com/iBook-Clamshell-Battery-Issue?ugid=10000000007193925 and booting into Open Firmware and entering the commands reset-nvram, then set-defaults, then reset-all yield the same result: it will charge to 13%, then stop and say "Calculating... until full." The charger is known to be working, it charges my PowerBook just fine.

The typical lifespan of a lithium-ion battery is two to three years. Some last a little longer; some don't even last that long.
It needs a new battery.
Which exact iBook model is it?
You can choose from this list:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/index-ibook.html
It would seem that it is recognizing the battery; it's just not charging. If an iBook doesn't recognize the battery, there will be an X through the battery icon in the menu bar and the System Profiler wouldn't give you the battery information; it would say "Battery Installed: No".

Battery wont stop charging

I got my ipod around 5 months ago, but recently the battery wont stop charging. i had my ipod plugged into the wall socket adaptor for around 10 hours, and when i checked it this morning, the charging icon was still filling up, showing that the battery was still not full. its hard to tell how much battery i have right now, casue the indicator is fluctuating between around 75% and 90%. anyone know whats going on? its a 4th gen. ipod mini, BTW.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Check out this link...
http://www.vsa.cape.com/~danh/ipod.htm
btabz

My new battery wont charge at all...???

I just replaced my battery in my Macbook Pro because my old battery wouldnt hold a charge. My new battery wont charge at all...??? Could it be the adapter? The green light is on.

Have you reset the SMC?

Hi, i woke up nd my device will not turn on . ive tried the home and unlock button, my phones on a charger also but the battery wont pop up. just a black screen. What do i do ?

hi, i woke up nd my device will not turn on . ive tried the home and unlock button, my phones on a charger also but the battery wont pop up. just a black screen. What do i do ?

Leave it alone for an hour and try the reset procedure again. Make sure you're using a genuine Apple charger & cable in a known good wall outlet. You can also try another cable if necessary, and make sure the charging area is clean and free of fluff & debris.

Satellite L655 - battery wont charge

Hi
Can you help me please? my battery wont charge Toshiba Satellite L655 , I have Buy it last year my warranty finish.
Every time I have to remove the battery and put it in then the battery is charging and the led for battery get yellow until it get full then the led stop flashing and if I unplug the power it works good but it wont charge if I plugged until I remove the battery again.
Thanks for help

Hi
I think the new battery should be tested but before doing this be sure that you use the latest BIOS
I means either its battery issue or notebooks power supply electronic issue and before the notebooks hardware would be checked, the notebook should be tested using new good working battery.

IBook G4 Battery wont recharge

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for