PB520c Battery Question

[ElKeyboard]

Hello. My PB520c says the battery is charging, then later gives me the full
battery symbol in the toolbar. However, as soon as I pull the AC cable, the
unit displays the reserve power warning and the computer turns off. Is the
battery dead? Is my AC adapter faulty? Why does the display read battery
charged?
Thanks,
Brian

[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

> Hello. My PB520c says the battery is charging, then later gives me the full

> battery symbol in the toolbar. However, as soon as I pull the AC cable, the

This usually indicates a shorted cell in the battery. In the case of
the Blackbird, however, you may be running into problems with corrupt
battery EEPROM data. The Lind battery control strip (68040 PB5xx
series only - won't work with PPC card) can reset some of this info,
it's worth a try.

I described how to hack the Lind Control Strip to reset *all* battery
date a while ago [95? 96? :)], search google for "lewin powerbook lind
resedit" and you should find it.