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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 986453" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>This could simply be a matter of the battery is old & needs to be replaced. The 1.42ghz G4 iBook was first released in July, 2005...so if your iBook's battery is the original one...it could be around 4.5 years old...which is pretty old for a laptop battery.</p><p></p><p>You could also try this:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490" target="_blank">Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance</a></p><p></p><p>Finally...don't really pay much attention to those "lights" on the battery. As a battery gets older, it's total runtime in minutes (from 100% charge to 0% charge) gets less and less.</p><p></p><p>So when your battery was brand new...4-5 lights on your battery may have meant up to 5 hours of total runtime...but after your battery is 4.5 years old...4-5 lights on the battery may only mean 1 hour or less total runtime. So don't really put much importance on the number of lights your battery has on it.</p><p></p><p>Good luck...let is know how things work out,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 986453, member: 56379"] This could simply be a matter of the battery is old & needs to be replaced. The 1.42ghz G4 iBook was first released in July, 2005...so if your iBook's battery is the original one...it could be around 4.5 years old...which is pretty old for a laptop battery. You could also try this: [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490]Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance[/url] Finally...don't really pay much attention to those "lights" on the battery. As a battery gets older, it's total runtime in minutes (from 100% charge to 0% charge) gets less and less. So when your battery was brand new...4-5 lights on your battery may have meant up to 5 hours of total runtime...but after your battery is 4.5 years old...4-5 lights on the battery may only mean 1 hour or less total runtime. So don't really put much importance on the number of lights your battery has on it. Good luck...let is know how things work out, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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