New 3rd party battery randomly reports 0%

Works fine most of the time, but occassionally will read 0% when running from battery before going back to it's actual charge. It has had one unexpected shutdown when it's done this. The battery is still in the return window with Amazon, but I'm concerned it may be a problem with the battery connector, as the problem occurs less often on sturdy tables. No warranty, and I've installed new hinges at home from Powerbook Medic, so if it's a loose battery connector, I'm sure I could tighten the screws.

Took out the battery- it had a 1mm wiggle at the connector which the old swollen battery didn't mind- tightened as much as I could and got it down to a .25mm wiggle. Took off the topcase and found a cable that wasn't routed properly... The display power. Only time will tell if these are the issues to cause the shutdown and the 0%, but it's been fine for ten minutes atleast. We'll see over the next couple days I guess.

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Can you iBook G4 folks with battery savvy please check out my iBook G3 question:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1743983&tstart=0
To summarize, my brand new 3rd party battery causes the battery icon to go red after 3.5 hours run time with 1 hour left (23%). The iBook shuts down with 13 minutes left (4%) but doesn't get to 10 minutes so no warning message.
The distributor said some G4 iBook owners also reported the same strange behaviour.
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All the literature from Nu Power says I should get the warning - it's just that the battery shuts down before it gets to 10 minutes left when the warning SHOULD (they say) appear. Another conversation with the techies confirms that the message should appear.
I have recalibrated it thrice, each time it runs a little closer to the 10 minute mark for time left. I'll keep trying.
Trouble is we are leaving for a trip very shortly and don't have time to return this 2nd Nu Power and try for another brand.
I get about 5 hours of run time when trying to discharge the battery fully as quickly as possible by having screen at its brightest, while running iTunes with visualizer on and receiving a radio broadcast.
How much time do you get on your new Apple battery? (on a G4?) We are going places where we will be without electricity for a day or so and the long charge and run time are our prime necessities.
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As reported on MacFixIt.com Oct. 26, 2005: "Although they sometimes offer a higher purported capacity, the downside of many third-party batteries is that when the system reaches a point of low power where it would normally automatically go to sleep and preserve unsaved data (with an Apple battery), third-party batteries will allow the machine to simply shut off causing you to lose unsaved data if you aren't careful enough to put the machine to sleep manually when power is running low."
IS THIS TRUE ? ? ? ?

Hey Terrell. Yes you did and your reply here makes me feel less lonely. {:-> Your's is the first here.
I've been, by virtue of this post and others, trying to get some help in deciding the pros and cons of different batteries and their suppliers.
Because of the so called "3rd Party Battery Quirk?" I've been hesitant to just jump in the water, so to speak.
Finding that you aren't having this particular problem is reassuring.
If you can't find the MacFixIt.com article (Oct. 26, 2005) I could send it to you. I archive many of their articles.

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Hi sap expert
is there any standard SAP report to view 3rd party PO ?
or if i want to create sap query how do i determinate the condition to grad the 3rd party PO ?

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If you are currently using Resume Data bookmarking, try disabling it by checking the box in LMS Customisation dialog to Never Send Resume Data. If that resolves your issue, you at least know what is causing it.
In cases where there are a large number of variables, the only way to diagnose the issue may be to remove as many variables as possible first. Then when you finally get to a stable version that does not misbehave, you then re-introduce the other components to find the one/s that re-introduce the issue.
So, in your case, you may need to look at how your developers are 'converting' the authorware content in Captivate. Make sure they recreate everything using Captivate components, and insert the images via the approved menus etc. I'd also temporarily avoid using this Riverbed compression solution until you have established the cause of your issue. It may be interferring with something.

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So I bought an ebay battery after my original battery died. All went well, and I was in the process of calibrating this battery. As it was charging, it would get held up at 99% (although when I unplugged the power cord, the meter said 100%). After a while, it finally turned green and I was thrilled. Soon after reaching 100% and a green LED light, the computer shut off. I tried to turn it back on but it would shut down again before reaching my login screen, and sometimes after. I plugged in my old battery and used it with the power cord to see if I could find a fix....
I didn't really find anything to help me, so I just left the new battery out, and went to bed.
This morning I took the new battery, held down the button on the bottom ( the power indicator button or whatever) for 15 seconds, put the new battery back in, and started it up. After it started up, I closed the computer and it looked like it shut down again, however, when I opened it back up ( and pressed the power button), it resumed like the battery had been completely drained. After that, the battery started working normal again, and when I close it, wait, and open it, it just resumes as normal.
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Hi Bluey
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they are all web based
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