What is your Powerbook Battery life number?

bobw

bobw

The Late: SuperMacMod
Go to terminal (located in your appications>utilities folder)

and run the following command

" ioreg -l | grep -i IOBatteryInfo"

the response will look like this

"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=4144,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=160,"Voltage"=11431,"Flags"=1090519175})

the flags will equal a regular # like 4, if it is not plugged into the wall.

A "good" number is from 4000 to 4500.

The capacity readout will not change depending on percent of charge left.

The flags will equal a regular # like 4, if it is not plugged into the wall

The 17" batteries are supposed to go up to 5800. These values are for the 15" batteries which can go up to 4600.
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My G4/400, 2 year old PB;

IOBatteryInfo" = ({Capacity"=2735,"Amperage"=995,"Current"=24$
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=10000,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=0,"Voltage"=0,"Flags"=838860931},{"Capacity"=1588,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=0,"Vol$

3 year old PowerBook Pismo with dead battery...im guessing the first capacity is taking from my grounding, since im plugged in with the ac adapter. the second reading, must be the dead battery, but its still producing some stuff. anyone have any suggestions on how to revive the battery? when inside, its giving me 0% charge, and the minute i unplug the computer from grounding, it goes to sleep. can i still callibrate it somehow?

thanks.
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=3966,"Amperage"=923,"Current"=531,"Voltage"=14085,"Flags"=4})
tibook battery, 2 months old since I got a new one.
 
Interestingly enough, the capacity number seems to be the estimated capacity in mAh, which means that it is a fairly interesting way to see how far gone your laptop battery is. For example, the Lombard battery is 4800 mAh, but my battery states 3732 for the capacity. The runtime pretty much reflects the difference (about 75% of the normal runtime from a fresh battery)
 
IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Voltage"=12503,"Flags"=4,"Amperage"=1200,"Capacity"=5526,"Current"=5503})

my 17" AlumBook
 
Just for grins, I tried it on my iMac... as you might expect, it sat and stared at me. :rolleyes:
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=4563,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=4543,"Voltage"=12393,"Flags"=4})

new iBook G4 :D

Hey, Bob, try doing ioreg -lw0 | grep -i IOBatteryInfo so that your info isn't chopped off at the end.
 
Powerbook 12' 867Mhz,
| | | | "IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=4149,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=4075,"Voltage"=12463,"Flags"=838860805})
 
Viro said:
Powerbook 12' 867Mhz,
Click to expand...

12 foot powerbook??! ;) sounds sweet.

ok, here's mine:
({"Capacity"=5027,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=2398,"Voltage"=11965,"Flags"=1090519047})
on a 17" powerbook...
my capacity doesn't seem so great compared to Stizz'
 
"Capacity"=4060,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=3885,"Voltage"=12580,"Flags"=838860807

12" Powerbook - 2 weeks old (IIRC)
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=3400,"Amperage"=1314,"Current"=2994,"Voltage"=11786,"Flags"=4})

AlPB 15" ... less than 2 months old. used to get 3 hours solid. now, 2-2.5 hours ... what's the deal??
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=3432,"Amperage"=1225,"Current"=3289,"Voltage"=11967,"Flags"=4})

15 Alu PowerBook

Less than 1 month old!!!!!! What the hell?
Why could this be so low?
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=1992,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=1992,"Voltage"=16515,"Flags"=838860805})

15" TiBook 667 Gigabit - 17 months
 
*help*
im typing it into terminal but the result i get, its cutting off the end as it doesnt fit the terminal window and it doesnt continue onto a new line, ive widened the window as far as it'll go... {"Voltage"=16711,"Flags"=4,"Amperage"=1192,"Capacit$
its a new battery,1 month.
is it true panther increases battery life?
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=692,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=691,"Voltage"=16275,"Flags"=838860805})

G4 667 15" - 1 year, 8 months old.
I get a maximum of about 30 minutes. :mad: since upgrading to Panther from Jaguar. Under Jaguar, I got 2 hours.

Capacity of 692??? How did that get so low? Anyone know how can I get it back up? (I have already reset the PMU)
 
"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Voltage"=12361,"Flags"=838860805,"Amperage"=1200,"Capacity"=4107,"Current"=3934})

12" pbook about 10 months old
 
In my 12" G4 iBook - 2 weeks old

"IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=4400,"Amperage"=1105,"Current"=2964,"Voltage"=11555,"Flags"=4})

I've noticed since I got my AirPort card it is taking about an hour off my full charge. That's normal, right? Does it use more power with lower reception.
 
My new 15" PowerBook (new in Oct.) says capacity of 3672. This month's MacAddict mentions that the max for a 15" PB is about 4600. When I charge it to full it says I have est. 2:10 left on the charge. I swear it used to be higher. Lately it does this thing where it will just go to sleep with anywhere from 50%-10%-0% of it's charge left, can't seem to make up it's mind. Last night while I was in the middle of the Safari 1.2 update it went to sleep with supposedly 30min left! No low battery power warning or anything. Is this just Panther, or should I go get my battery replaced?
 
9 month old PB 17 1 ghz (used as a desktop in the past 3 months)
IOBatteryInfo" = ({"Capacity"=4586,"Amperage"=1200,"Current"=4432,"Voltage"=12408,"Flags"=1090520581
 
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