>> I have 2 Duo batteries that I need to recondition, but the machine shuts
>> down as soon as you put one in, so it won't recondition.
> Even with the machine plugged it? If that's the case, I'd suspect the
> batteries are really fried. You might also check with an Apple dealer and
> see if they'll drop them in a standalone charger/conditioner for you.
This might not help, if e.g. only one cell is dead. I had an old PB accu too
and didn't want to pay the 90USD for a new accu. The Apple dealer let me
pick-up exactly the same accu from his accu trash for free and at home I
opened both accus and measured cell voltages. It turned out that both accus
had about 3 out of 10 defective cells and there where enough cells to get
all defective cells of one accu replaced. The amazing thing was that the PB
started w/o initial charging and showed about 20% remaining charge on the
refurbished accu.
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