Brief tech-ish whine

[katallison]

OK, upon further dinking around with the iBook, I have discovered one serious problem: when I run it on battery power (after having fully charged-up the battery), it runs for maybe 45 minutes, until the battery capacity is (according to the indicator at the top of the screen) about 60-65%, and then -- kablam, it dies, abruptly and without warning, and the only way to get it running again is to plug it into the AC power input, at which point it comes back to life and indicates that the battery is at -- ta daaa! -- 0% power.

My fear is that the battery is just flat-out defective, which means I'll need to replace it, which means $129 out of pocket. I've written a politely-worded note to the guy I bought the computer from, and will see what ensues; but I've got that gripey rankled feeling of having bought a pig in a poke. Grrr, grrr. If anyone out there knows of any tweaks that might fix this (powersaving settings? something?), let me know.

Comments

[-reema.livejournal.com]

Standard manufacturer's warranty should cover it, I think. I got a free A/C adapter from Apple, recently, when my iBook's failed.