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Lombard Charging Issues


A new issue has come to light with Apple’s just-announced Lombard PowerBook. The PowerPage has learned, from personal experience and numerous complaints from readers, that Lombard’s new 50 watt-hour Lithium Ion batteries do not always charge properly when connected to AC power. Not a lot is known about the issue, but it appears that the battery will not charge inside the computer when it has been run down to less than 10% of capacity, or after the first (“you are now running on reserve power”) battery warning.

We have found three workarounds: the first is to swap the battery from the left bay, to the right bay, then back to the left bay, which works about 50% of the time. The second option is to reset the Parameter RAM by holding down command-option-P-R during a restart. The third is to reset the Power Manager by removing the battery, AC power, and holding down the power button for 30 seconds.

By Jason O'Grady

Founded the PowerPage in 1995.