Powerbook Not Charging

My Powerbook is not charging for some reason. I plugged in the charger yesterday and nothing happened. The LED does not light up and no power goes into the computer. I have tried two separate chargers on several different outlets and I have the same problem everywhere. I called Applecare and they told me it was a problem with the battery. Then I asked about the Battery Exchange Program, but they said only the 12" and 15" Macs were affected. Now I'm stuck. I have a dead Mac and no one is telling me what to do. The closest Apple Store is over an hour away and I'm not sending my Powerbook to Apple so they can charge me $800 and erase my HD. After all the problems I've been having with this Powerbook, I'm ready to switch to PC. Also, all of my work is on the Powerbook, and if it gets erased, I'm totally screwed (and yes, I made a backup of the HD). What should I do?

prolly a dead port. next time go to the PowerBook G4 forums instead of the PowerMac G4 forums.

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Upon checking the profile the battery is seen, full charge capacity is rated as 4378 mAh, remaining capacity is 21 mAh, charged is shown as connected and rated at 65 watts but not charging.
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Thanks Allan for the reply.
I've marked it that it helped me, although it did not solved the problem.
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Ive seen many people with this same problem on different forums and havent found any answer on how to fix this.
The main problem is that the Powerbook only works with the AC adapter, and the battery is detected on the PC but is not charging. Even if you change the battery for a new one, it wont work.
The main problem is a fuse located on the logic board.Exactly this one:
http://ie.farnell.com/productimages/farnell/standard/1651771-40.jpg
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http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/189/87383692.jpg
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anickelback:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Can you tell us something about what was happening before you go to this point? In other words, was everything working normally, or did you notice anything unusual?
BGreg has suggested what you need to do to recover you boot volume. In the absence of an install disk or Disk Warrior I suggest you try starting up in Safe Mode. If that does not work, try the suggestion of the second poster using the method in Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck.
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Hi:
I have several chargers, but for the last couple of months regardless of the one which charger I decided to use, when I plug one into my PowerBook G4 I see a "Not Charging" message at the top of the desktop for at least 5 minutes.
This is the location where I'm used to seeing the little charging symbol and the number of minutes until full charge, or the word "Charged", or, if running on battery, the number of minutes I have until the battery is discharged.
I've never seen this before. Is it common? Any thoughts about how to remove it? As mentioned, usually after five or so minutes the display switches to show that the battery is indeed charging. But once or twice with a very low battery it took a long time before the battery started charging and once the PowerBook wouldn't even start up despite being connected to the charger.
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You know, I'm not even kidding, but I just noticed that myself by total coincidence. (People might think I make this stuff up, but I don't. Some of these problems people have, I find myself having prior to reading up on it. Though, not very often).
Here's my observation.
At work, where I primarily use this 15-inch machine, it is connected to my 65W AC adapter. I've never gotten a "Not Charging" message next to the battery icon (with plug icon inside... which would indicate connected to power source but battery not charging, thus the message, or the other which would say "Charged") when I plug in with the 65W.
However... where I just noticed the same "Not Charging" message on plug in, but it doesn't take five minutes to clear up is when I'm using a third party AC adapter that's rated 45W. It's a MacAlly charger for iBooks and PowerBooks.
My hypothesis is because of that recommedation--one which I've given myself many times (so then why am I going against it?)--that 45W chargers, even though they work, are not designed for the aluminum 15-inch PowerBook and the 17-inch models. The Titanium PowerBook G4 came with 45W chargers, as did the dual-USB iBook G3s and later iBooks. 12-inch PowerBooks came with 45W adapters as well.
Aluminum 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBook G4s use the 65W adapter and aptly so because the machine needs more juice in order to power the internals. Using a 45W adapter "works" but is not recommended because it can cause damage to the system and it doesn't get enough juice that it needs to draw from the adapter.
(To answer a comment, I rarely bring the PowerBook home, but if and when I do, my backup charger happens to be that 45W MacAlly adapter).
It's okay to use a 65W adapter on 12-inch PowerBooks, Titanium PowerBook G4s, and G3 & G4 iBooks that originally shipped with a 45W one.
So, after all that, my guess is that you may be using a 45W adapter with your 15-inch model and that may be the cause of the "Not Charging" message. Although, after all that as well, if you're using a 65W adapter, then it may be a glitch.
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[http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/batteryupdate.html]
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[http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303035]

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