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 Topic: Anyone rebuild a battery for PB500 series (Page 2 of 2) |
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:02 am |
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Thanks for the information dpaanlka.
I tried deleting the .bin extension and later the .sea extension, but neither affected PC exchange and not knowing what the file actually was meant I didn't know what program to associate with it - one drawback of no file type suffixes!
I downloaded and installed a program called 'Transmac' from here: http://www.asy.com/sharetm.htm (free use for 30 days)
This copied and translated the downloaded file to a Mac formatted floppy which then worked!
.sea stands for Self Extracting Archive. The archive extracted itself and I transferred the extension to the extensions folder in the system folder.
I'm now attempting to recondition the battery. The first attempt was a no go, the second worked after I ejected and reinserted the battery. The program tells me that the battery can't be reconditioned, but it now displays a battery level and appears to be charging it.
I pulled the plug and the battery time remaining read 2.30 - but I guess that was 2.5 minutes, because that's how long it lasted! But it does run on the battery now and perhaps a longer period of charging will increase the life.
Thanks for your help.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:24 am |
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| I've run the update software a few times now and every time it tells me the battery can't be updated. However, The battery now works and lasts for 1-2 hours! I'm now getting ideas about what I could get this old machine to do. There appears to be a card slot in the left hand battery compartment. I wonder if Wi-fi is possible...
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