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Resident007

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May 30, 2021
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Hi! I bought a 15'' PowerBook G4 model A1095 (1GB RAM, 1.5GHz G4, backlit keyboard, 80GB HDD) and it has the following problem: it doesn't charge the battery (as shown on the screenshot, it says "Charging: No") and also it doesn't take power from it (if I unplug the power adaptor, it shuts off immediately). I already tried using OS X Tiger which didn't help. Right now it's stuck at 29% but it was 31% several days ago. After seeing that it's malfunctioning, I removed the battery for a couple of days and now it's 29%, so battery may actually be alive. Also, the left USB port is not functional. So what do you think, is it the dead battery or I might need to replace DC-in board? Thanks in advance.
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