Ibook g4 shutting down and battery problems

A couple months ago, just a couple weeks after my warranty coverage ended..., my ibook started having problems. It would go to sleep randomly and shut down randomly. I tried resetting the PMU, that did nothing to fix the problem. I would have to unplug the charger and take out the battery for a few minutes in order to get my computer to start back up. This problem got worse over the next couple weeks and would shut down several times a day.
I started to realize that when i had my computer in my lap or not on a hard stable surface or i moved it, it shut down more often. So i treated my laptop as a desktop and left it on my desk and never moved it. This decreased the random shutting down to twice a week instead of several times daily.
Now a new problem has arised and i'm not sure if its related to this. In the last 24 hours my computer has not been able to charge correctly or hold a charge. Its hooked up to the power cord right now and its not turning on or charging. I was able to get it to charge a little like 3% about 3 hours ago, but now nothing.
At this point i'm over ibooks and apple but i still want to know what the problem is and if its fixable. is this something i can fix myself? any suggestions? i'm not willing to pay more than $200 to fix this stupid thing... Thanks!

Yeah I have the exact same thing happening to me right now. Last model ibook G4, it sits on my desk all day and is ok w/o movement, but at home will randomly tell me I must shut it down, more often if I move it. Its still under warranty, so i'm gonna take it in and see what they do to it....

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Hello there, Katsusbo.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great steps to try when applications are not working as expected:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281
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Once it hits around 60%, the iBook goes directly to sleep and can't "resume" until i plug the power cable in. What's frustrating is that it gives no warning on what it's going to do! I even downloaded Coconut Battery and actually watched it die!
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Charging: Yes
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 13
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Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
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Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: No
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pool: dPool
state: ONLINE
scrub: scrub completed with 0 errors on Thu Feb 28 14:33:43 2008
config:
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        dPool                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
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          c3t010000144FA70C1400002A0047C2BF81d0 ONLINE       0     0     0
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errors: No known data errors
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NAME         USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
dPool        480M 28.9G     1K none
dPool/data   480M 28.9G   480M /dataThis all looks fine, and you can see that I was even able to scrub the pool data with no problems. But where are the 480MB of data I have put in the /data mountpoint:
bash-3.2# ls /data
bash-3.2# df -h /data
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/dev/dsk/c1d0s0         15G   4.4G    11G    30%    /As you can see, /data is unmounted, causing df to revert to the / filesystem containing the empty /data mountpoint, instead of showing the zpool mount.
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(a) Call Apple and get your iMac G5 fixed since it is in the repair extension group. Don't waste your time doing anything else.
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Ibook G4 shuts down unexpectedly and resets time and date

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I have a few months left of my APP, but that doesn't cover battery related problems, right?

Hi astaver and welcome to Apple Discussions.
If you are still using the original battery from a nearly 3 yrs old iBook then it is almost certain that the battery has reached the end of its useful life. The symptoms you describe more or less confirm this.
To check on battery health go to the Apple Menu>About this Mac>More Info>Power>Battery and copy/paste the info into a reply.
You can also download and install Coconut Battery which gives a GUI to the same info.
You are right in assuming that Applecare doesn't cover you for a dead battery of this age but you might like to see if you qualify under the iBook & PowerBook G4 - Battery Exchange Program.
Good luck,
Adrian

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