so I got my cord in about 40 minutes ago and I haven't charged my PowerBook g4 in two months so how long should I wait to try and turn it on?
1752699
I think forty minutes would be plenty of time for it to charge enough for use. You can use it while charging it but it will charge faster if it is turned off. I hope you are as pleased with the replacement cord as we were. Our computer was old but still works well and is less complicated than some of the more modern operating systems. The replacement cord worked as well as the original but it didn't light up like the original did.
1752700
I would wait about 2 hours minimum. but ideally overnight, just to be sure. If it was last used 2 months ago,, one more night won't hurt.
1066642
Mine recognized the charging right away. Took a few hours to reach 100%. My only real gripe about this battery and cord is the cord has no "charging" indicator light where it connects to the computer, however, the internal battery indicator in the system settings recognized it and does work for me.
299882
Take the battery out for five minutes. Pres and hold the power button for 30seconds and but the battery back in. Turn the device back on and it should began to power up and charge.
1273143
You stick the charging part of the cord onto the battery stick and put the bigger part of the cord on the computer or you can buy a cube and connect it on a plug and a red light should show up when its charging hope this helps!
440255
I plug it into my computer. Did you receive a cord with a USB cable? My bet is you did and it doesn't seem to be charging. I thought the same thing at first. My problem was I kept losing the connection and it would shut down. I think that's one of its inherent problems. Hope this helps...
1988636
If it doesn't come on when you press the power button, try holding down the power button for about 30 or 40 seconds. Let it up and wait about 10 seconds. Then press it again normally and see if it comes on.
1779709
Mine never worked at all. My advice would be to do like I did: request a refund, then throw this battery in the garbage and spend a few bucks on an Anker or other decent brand. :-) Seriously, you may want to remove the battery while the computer is plugged in and see if it changes anything on the status display. If it changes, you know the battery is bad, if not, I would suspect a problem with the computer.
911546
Try this: shut down your laptop. Remove the battery then hold the power button for at least 10 seconds. Put the battery in again restart and see if it charges. If not, return it.
1973945
Find a 2amp wall charger and plug it in to that. If u charge it off your laptop it will take 6 hours to charge...
651247
You simply plug in the cord to charge it; if it still doesn't work then there's something wrong with the laptop itself.
1371015
Charge it first, the power button is on the back. Hold it for three seconds, that should do it.
2004888
A charged battery should power your machine for at least four hours so if your battery is inserted correctly, it should give you at least 4 hrs before charge is needed. If this is not the case, your battery may be defective. Do you see if the computer is actually acknowledging the battery under "power management? Hope this helps..
853574
Only have it in there when it needs it. Try to get the battery level as low as you can. It shouldn't take more than a 4 hours to charge. Mine usually takes 2-3 hours.
2178011
I charged it overnight. Don't know how long it takes for it to start working.
1861410
Same thing has happened to me. What I did was wait and tried again, held power button down. I also made sure charge was full. When u plug in charger there is a small red light. Be worried if the red light doesn't show
1667061
It sounds like something may be defective or the battery is dying out, as it should only take a couple hours to charge. I cannot recall it taking more than hours. You may want to use a power block instead of a computer to charge it to make sure the problem isn't with say a weak laptop battery.
1066644
I would expect a few hours for a full charge. What indicators do you have of battery level? There are indicators on the bottom of many packs. Push the button and see how many lights show. Also, if you are using your computer heavily with screen at full brightness, a lot of the juice will go into running the laptop. There won't be much left to recharge the battery. You might try putting it aside to sleep for an hour and checking back later. Of course, if the battery is bad or the calibration is way off, that is another thing. If you charge a sleeping computer all night and only get 30 minutes of use before it's dead again, that's not good. There are ways to address that but someone else may know off the top of their head.