Samsung phones only from AT&T
Mac OS X 10.3.9: Battery issues (not measuring charge correctly, etc.): Third-party units affected, more
Some users are experiencing odd battery behavior (unrecognized, not measuring charge, etc.) after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.3.9.
In particular, third-party batteries appear to be affected more than standard Apple units.
MacFixIt reader Les Clark writes:
"I have a Pismo PowerBook that has be operating with 10.3.x with no problem. On Sunday I updated to 10.3.9 and my Newer Tech 7200mAh battery that I purchased in January has stop being recognized. Nether Apples Battery Monitor or the shareware Slim Battery Monitor can recognize the battery any longer. I have a High Capacity Power Products 4800mAh that was purchased a couple of years ago that is still be recognized and charged by the PowerBook. I still have one of my original Apple Batteries and it is also still being recognized by both software programs. When I installed the update to 10.3.9 the Newer Tech was fully charged and I have not run the computer on Battery since that time. [...] I have tried doing a PMU reset and it did not help. Also the LED lights show the battery to not have any charge."
MacFixIt reader Todd Stubbs adds:
"I set Mac OS X 10.3.9 to install, answered the questions to make sure it was on its way, then went to bed. The next morning my one-month-old 3rd Party battery showed dead. I'm using an old power connection which doesn't have the LED indicators, so I didn't know what was happening, just that it wouldn't charge beyond 1%.
"When I got to work, where I have another power supply WITH the LEDs I could see what was going on. If shut down, then lifted the keyboard of my PowerBook and reset the Power circuits, it would recharge for 3 - 5% then stall. All day long, as I've had time, I've done this to coax it to, currently 70% (It just stalled again. One way I can tell is it reverts to "Calculating" where minutes before it gave a number).
"I have no idea what will happen if I just, unplug it and let it run down to 0% again. Will it let me get it back up to where it was, or will I have to coax it 3 - 5% at a time? Or will it think I only have 3 -5% total power and go to sleep in a few minutes?"
So, it appears in Todd's case that resetting his portable's PMU (power management unit) temporarily resolved the issue.
Resources
:%20Third-party%20units%20affected,%20more%20%7C%20MacFixIt%20-%20CNET%20Reviews&srcUrl=http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10334676-263.html){kind=small}
This is very annoying and I hope that Tiger will fix this issue.
This 12" PowerBook has been sent to Apple for service and they replaced the logic board and DC convert once two months ago. I have seven 12" PowerBooks and this is the only one that exhibits this odd behavior.
refusing to accept a charge since 10.3.9. I've tried reinstalling Panther, resetting
the PRAM (3 chimes), PMU, and the NVRAM via OpenFirmware, and finally a
upgrade to
Tiger - all with no luck.
The next step is a clean install of Tiger, but my hopes aren't high.
- by jalopy67 November 21, 2005 11:05 AM PST
- I started having the same battery charge problem after upgrading to 10.3.9,
- Like this Reply to this comment
-
(4 Comments)but only after I had changed my Energy Saver settings as well. I had
previously had them set to put the computer & display to sleep after 15
minutes, then changed that to never. It was at this point that I started having
the battery charge issues.
After changing the Energy Saver settings back to sleep after 15 minutes, the
battery is charging again.