Powerbook G3 500mhz battery reading incorrectly

[sausage dog]

Hi, this is my first post here

I have the following laptop:

Powerbook G3 bronze keyboard Prismo (I think)
20 gig HD
384 MB SDRAM
OSX Tiger

Anyway, the battery was woken up after being in a cupboard for a year and is not being read correctly. A reading from coconut application reveals the following information about the battery right now:

Current Battery charge - 3985 mah
Maximum battery charge - 4544 mah 87%

Current battery capacity - 4544 mah
Original Battery capacity - 4600 mah 98%

The battery reader at the top of the screen shows the 87% and I expect nthe computer to sleep very shortly, forcing me to plug in the charger.

Ok it'd down to 79% and all is OK.....

There we go, it went to sleep at 74%

Does anyone know how to get the computer to read the battery power correctly?

Is there anything wrong with the battery itself?

Merry Christmas

 

[alexprice]

From what you have said, it sounds to me like a depleated battery, call a local Apple Authorised Service provider and find out how much an exchange battery will cost you, and go from there.

I hope this helps

Alex Price

 

[Dreadnought]

Well, Coconut only gets its data from the system profiler. So there has to be something wrong there. You could restart the finder if you have more problems, or do a system restart.

Your battery has probably become lazy after doing nothing for a year. Charge it completly and then let it drain completly. Then use it normal for a couple of days, then let it drain again. But it's still pretty good that your battery can hold 87% of its original power.