iBook battery issue

I have an old iBook G4 and it tells me that no battery is installed even when there is a working battery in place, anyone have any clue to what is up?

JayUK20 said:

I have an old iBook G4 and it tells me that no battery is installed even when there is a working battery in place, anyone have any clue to what is up?

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Could simply be a dead battery.

- Nick

Do you have a friend with an iBook that you could swap batteries to see if it is a bad battery? If not, no real guarantee, but you can try buying a new battery and seeing if that fixes the issue.

Ok. I tried the battery on a friends iBook and it works fine. My charger also works in his iBook. I was told that it might the the DC In Board?

JayUK20 said:

Ok. I tried the battery on a friends iBook and it works fine. My charger also works in his iBook. I was told that it might the the DC In Board?

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Go to iFixit: The free repair manual and look for your iBook model. They might also stock the DC input board that you may need. If they don't have it, try the folks at Mac Repair - Mac Parts and Service for Apple Macbook, iPhone, iPad.