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| Click here to select a new forum. | | PowerBook 520c Intelligent Battery Recondition Software? | Posted by: kb3wmh on 2020-01-16 13:18:12
I just picked up a PowerBook 520c, and it works great--except it doesn't recognize the battery.
Before I try replacing/refurbishing it, I have heard that there is some Intelligent Battery reconditioning software for this computer, but I can't find it online anywhere. Does anyone have a copy of it, or a link to it, or a good alternative I can use?
Thanks.
| Posted by: kb3wmh on 2020-01-16 15:05:59
Update: I actually found it! It is on the Internet Archive, along with the rest of Apple's former FTP site. I'll post a link here in case anyone in the future is looking for it like I was.
https://ia600501.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/8/items/download.info.apple.com.2012.11/download.info.apple.com.2012.11.zip&file=&ext=
| Posted by: beachycove on 2020-01-16 16:40:26
You also want the Lind Battery Utility, which will sometimes work where the other utility will not.
Try freezing the battery for a night first, leave generously to thaw, and then give it a shot.
| Posted by: kb3wmh on 2020-01-16 19:18:13
Do you know where I can find Lind battery utility? That one seems harder to find.
With the Intelligent Battery tool, I was able to get it to recognize the battery and charge (which took a few hours to get to 100%), but it only ran for about 5 minutes. Would the Lind tool/freezing it help? Or is it a lost cause?
| Posted by: beachycove on 2020-01-17 04:45:48
If you have gotten it to charge, IB has done its job, which is basically to wake up the microprocessor in the battery. Emmpathy, Lind, and IB Recondition all did basically the same thing there, but some of us found that used in combination they could revive the intelligence in an intelligent battery where one of them could not. But you are there already.
Freezing would help, though how much anything can help a 20 year old battery is hard to say. If it can be done, however, then what could also help is a few thorough battery cycles. Another utility, Battery Amnesia, would help with that.
Have you tried any of the remaining hotline servers for these kinds of tools?
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