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What? 48 views and 0 replies. Aawwww guys, I'm disappointed. Just kidding, I will be patient. :)

Wow it's been ages since I've been here! I hope you are all doing well. My baby (2004 iBook G4 passed away 3 days ago - motherboard failure). After using it pretty much nonstop for almost 8 years it was the BEST computer I ever had. The motherboard died without warning, very fast (well at least...

I don't have an Intel Mac or a MacBook. I have an iBook G4 and, yes, I'm stilling using Panther. It's not an OS issue. I looooove me some Panther! :D

Yeah, that's right - laugh it up. :p Does anyone know what may have been causing the problem? It seems to be performing perfectly tonight - and staying cool, too. (See updated post two above this one.) Very odd!

You know what? This is really weird! For the past two days, my computer has been doing what I described in my original post. Tonight, I've been using it for several hours straight - and it's performing flawlessly and not even warm! What the...?!

Uh ... and how do I do that??? I've never opened up the inside of my computer - aside from the battery compartment. I'm not even sure where the fan is located. LOL

I have a 5-year-old iBook G4, which has performed like a shining gem - until recently. Lately, I've noticed that when I use my computer for an hour or two of straight usage, it gets a lot warmer than it ever used to - and then it lags horribly. Anyone know what could be the possible culprit? Is...

Actually ... Malikier, I tried your suggestion and it didn't work. Back to square one. :(

Wow. This is an old thread. LOL But thank you so much for answering my question. Better late than never! :) (Thanked.)

Thank you, DeltaMac! :)

I just wanted to thank all of you for helping me. And, yes, it was the battery. I now have the new one and there hasn't been one incidence of my laptop shutting down without warning or acting wonky in any way. And, Randy, thanks again for telling me about Battery Health Monitor. With my new...

OK, now that I've calibrated it and used it until my laptop went to sleep, then fully charged it again, I'm getting a different reading through BHM. Now it says: Current capacity: 102% (5,096 mAh) Can anyone tell me what the norm value of current capacity is for a new battery? Do the numbers...

I installed an app called Battery Health Monitor, and I just got my replacement battery yesterday. It's all charged up and I just now opened my laptop and started using it. I pulled up BHM and this is what it says: Current capacity: 88% (4,000 mAh) Current charge: 93% (4,098 mAh) Charge...

My iBook G4 is polycarbonate, too. *sigh* Oh, how I will miss it! :( Thanks, everyone, for all the replies and awesome information, as usual.

Just curious: Why do you guys recommend the MacBook Pro instead of the MacBook?

Thank you, everyone, for the informative replies. And thank you, Strabismus, for the support. :) Another question, since I seem to have all the best of the Mac Forum members right here in this very thread! :D What would you all recommend I buy ... when I'm ready? As I said, I currently have a...

It's such a shame... I upgraded the RAM in my iBook G4 a couple years ago (it now sports 1.25 GB of memory - and, frankly, that's all I need), and it runs like a charm. Not one problem in all the years I've had it, and I baby it and take such great care of it. In fact, when I took it to the...

Randy, thank you so much! You are a gem! And now that I've downloaded Battery Health Monitor, I can see that the original capacity was 100% and the current capacity is only 74%. That's after only one year. Not good. I wrote the company I bought it from and they replied and said that the battery...

I just got a message from Adium that says my Yahoo! Messenger version will expire in August and to download the newest version, go to blah, blah. I went to blah, blah and was about to download it ... and then I realized that that version's system requirements is OS 10.4 (Tiger) or later. I'm...

Thank you for the info. Unfortunately, I can't download CocoBattery because it requires 10.4 or later. I'm running 10.3.9. Is there an app similar to CB that will run on Panther? I debated for a long, long time on whether or not I should buy my battery from a third party or just pay the extra...