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Ignore battery for two weeks, capacity returns!?
Authored by: peterw on Mar 26, '03 10:21:59PM

My May 2001 ibook running 10.2.4 was getting only a bit more than a half hour of run time. (airport off, screen set low, no cd use, 640ram).

This reading of 1240 capacity was about 2-3 weeks ago:
voltage=12559 flags=7/0x007 amperage=1200 capacity=1240 current=1228 [99.0%]

I just got an emac, have barely touched the ibook in the last two weeks. Turned it on, and the battery was totally dead. Check out the greatly improved capacity of 3800:
voltage=11836 flags=7/0x007 amperage=1200 capacity=3800 current=1239 [32.6%]

It's still charging (now up to 71%) and its still reporting the 3800 capacity.

Charging is proceeding smoothly and taking forever, so it seems like I do have the increased capacity. I of course haven't tried to use the battery yet Hmmm....



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