My battery recall replacement battery just died :(
My nearly-three-years-old iBook G4 had a battery that was part of the infamous bad batch that had to be recalled so dutifully I entered my details to the recall page got my replacement battery and sent off the might-potentially-explode-at-any-time unit in the UPS box to be disposed of by Apple. This was a year ago or so I can't really remember.
Yesterday I unplugged my iBook and took it downstairs to copy some files over to my external hard drive, plugged in the firewire cable, started copying and then - foomp - my iBook just switches off. Odd thing to happen I thought - not so odd more oh-god-no! was that it wouldn't switch back on.
After pressing and holding the power button and removing and replacing the battery a few times I get a bit scared. My white plastic wonder is dead! I take out the battery one more time and press the button to give a charge status and it gives no lights! Not even the one green blink for 'please charge me now I'm thirsty!'.
I get the power adaptor and plug it in to the wall and the other end into my iBook (no battery inserted yet) - green ring lights up - press the power button and I get the reassuring chime! Yay! iBook lives again!
When I finally get booted into OS X I plop the battery back in the power plug light turns orange and the menu bar shows 'Charging..." and the battery shows 0%?
Zero percent? How come? My iBook stays plugged in the vast amount of time fully charged up and ready to go, every now and then going cable free to be my internet browser while I watch TV in the living room.
But after some time the menu bar still show 'Charging..." and "0%"?
I leave my iBook there for some time more, the power plug still glowing orange, before I check the underside and the battery is cold (far colder than the rest of the now mildly warm iBook), so definitely not about to explode. Good news.
I try all the usual tricks like resetting the PMU and PRAM and NVRAM and permissions etc. etc. but still "Charging..." and "0%".
My other battery (a spare I bought a few months after my iBook) works fines and charges lovely so my iBook isn't to blame.
Here's what I need to know - is this battery a goner? Can I send it to Apple to be repaired in some way (I doubt I'll be able to get a warrantee replacement out of this I'm fairly sure coverage is out) or do I have to go the whole hog and spend £90 on a new battery?
iBook 12" 1.2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9)
I imagine you have already checked to see that your replacement battery wasn't also recalled. But you might check and be sure how long ago you got it and how long the warranty is--very possibly it might still be under warranty. I think you can find all this out by calling the Apple store, as they can look up your account. They might also be able to tell you how to report this to Apple, as it might be indicative of another battery problem that they may not know about yet. I think these batteries are actually manufactured by Sony and others, and if there is a defect, the manufacturer--and not Apple--will bear the cost of repair or replacement. So Apple might be willing to help you here. It's at least worth a shot. Apple likes to have happy customers.
Good luck!
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