Gigabit battery life

bnw · bnw #1 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 05:13 PM

I did a search trying to see if there is anything I can do to get a bit more life out of my battery. I fully charged battery lasts about an hour or so now. Give or take.

I know this means the battery is on its last leg. But what I want to know is, is there anything I can do to bring the battery back to life a little?

Let is fully discharge? Then recharge? zap the pram? Anything at all?

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 05:22 PM

You can try to reset the power manager.

To reset the Power Manager hold down Shift, Option, Control and Power at the same time. Wait 5 seconds. Then click on the Power button again.

witeshark · witeshark #3 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 05:41 PM

Running the battery all the way down may help. My bro is doing that on the iBook we just got for his G/F

StarManta · StarManta #4 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

Running the battery all the way down may help. My bro is doing that on the iBook we just got for his G/F

Ah, what a chore that must be.... using up an iBook's battery.... hehe

muso · muso #5 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 07:38 PM

I've heard taking the battery out and putting it in the freezer overnight sometimes helps.

bnw · bnw #6 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 08:08 PM

The odd thing is that today I did run it down till it went to sleep and when it got to 1% it said its running on reserve and said it had like 3 minutes left. Then it went on to work for another 15 minutes

witeshark · witeshark #7 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 08:15 PM

I am always impressed with Apple hardware quality!

rman · rman #8 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bnw

The odd thing is that today I did run it down till it went to sleep and when it got to 1% it said its running on reserve and said it had like 3 minutes left. Then it went on to work for another 15 minutes

I hope you plug it in when it went to sleep. That is for saving the condition the laptop is in. If you continue to run it, you take the change that the battery may not completely charge up.

KLank · KLank #9 (**permalink**)

04-02-2004, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muso

I've heard taking the battery out and putting it in the freezer overnight sometimes helps.

Come on April fools was yesterday. Although I don't think it would hurt (as long as the battery was removed from the laptop before it was put in the freezer).

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Inactive Staff Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,591 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	04-02-2004, 05:22 PM You can try to reset the power manager. To reset the Power Manager hold down Shift, Option, Control and Power at the same time. Wait 5 seconds. Then click on the Power button again. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain!
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muso #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 15, 2003 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 2 Mac Specs: Pwnt	04-02-2004, 07:38 PM I've heard taking the battery out and putting it in the freezer overnight sometimes helps. I'm in your forums, writing sentences in a grammatically acceptable manner.
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bnw #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-02-2004, 05:13 PM I did a search trying to see if there is anything I can do to get a bit more life out of my battery. I fully charged battery lasts about an hour or so now. Give or take. I know this means the battery is on its last leg. But what I want to know is, is there anything I can do to bring the battery back to life a little? Let is fully discharge? Then recharge? zap the pram? Anything at all?
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bnw #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-02-2004, 08:08 PM The odd thing is that today I did run it down till it went to sleep and when it got to 1% it said its running on reserve and said it had like 3 minutes left. Then it went on to work for another 15 minutes
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witeshark #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	04-02-2004, 08:15 PM I am always impressed with Apple hardware quality!
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