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KB: battery life, PowerBook SCSI issue

updated 10:20 am EST, Fri March 28, 2003

 
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Apple describes how to with the PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) in host SCSI mode:

"PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) computers with Mac OS 9.2, 9.2.1, or 9.2.2 may unexpectedly use SCSI ID 0 when starting in SCSI Disk Mode. The PowerBook hard disk will not appear or be available to the host computer because the internal SCSI hard drive also uses SCSI ID 0.

"Solution: Prior to starting up in SCSI Disk Mode, use the PowerBook SCSI Setup control panel and set the SCSI ID to 6. This will result in the PowerBook using SCSI ID 5 instead of 0. The hard disk will be available to the host computer as long as SCSI ID 5 is not in use by another device in the SCSI chain. Important: Only SCSI ID 6 may be used as a workaround."


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    Battery calibration

    I certainly hope this set of calibration instructions isn't Apple's solution to the iBook battery problems.

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    Re: Battery calibration

    One big problem is that people dont have a clue about the proper way to charge batteries, and wonder why they get an hour off a charge.

    So this is a solution to a lot of people's problems, because they cause their own problems.

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    No.


    Actually, most people are getting terrible battery life because of a bug in 10.2.4.

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    hassle

    sounds like a hassle having to do that, do the pc notebooks have to do something like this also? Never heard of it. I thought apple was SUPPOSED to make the computing experience better, they never used to have to recalibrate the battery life on their older notebooks, have they?

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    No...not a solution

    To the guy who thinks this problem is due to users not knowing how to charge batteries: Lithium batteries are not supposed to suffer from memory problems that plague NiCd, and to a lesser extend, NiMH batteries. This problem is due to one of two things (or perhaps both)...a bug in OS X or a bug in the firmware of the battery's microprocessor/microcontroller. I hate when ignorant posters make smug and completely uninformed statements.

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    Tested it but..

    Well, I still have 1 hour and 30 minutes max battery life on my iBook. I'll think it's about time to consider buying a new battery. Damn that I didn't contacted apple care before my guarantie went out. :cry:

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