I recently detailed (in another thread) how I’d made a power supply for my Pismo using a stereo plug, an RCA plug, and an old Dell powerbrick.
It’s still working fine, however when I installed Leopard on another partition the other day I noticed that there was an “x” in the battery icon and while the battery still powered the machine it wasn’t recognised by Leopard nor the power supply.
My theory is that Tiger may be more forgiving than Leopard in terms of power supply (the Dell brick only supplies 19volts, not the standard 24v), although this doesn’t explain why the battery still isn’t recognised even without the charger plugged in.
Maybe Leopard needs a good 24v kick to get the power circuit going properly—it works fine otherwise, just a bit clunky.
I have found and ordered a properly spec’d power supply which will arrive in the next week or so, so I’ll know for sure then.
I wonder if there are any other theories as to why the charging circuit works fine under Tiger but not Leopard?
It’s still working fine, however when I installed Leopard on another partition the other day I noticed that there was an “x” in the battery icon and while the battery still powered the machine it wasn’t recognised by Leopard nor the power supply.
My theory is that Tiger may be more forgiving than Leopard in terms of power supply (the Dell brick only supplies 19volts, not the standard 24v), although this doesn’t explain why the battery still isn’t recognised even without the charger plugged in.
Maybe Leopard needs a good 24v kick to get the power circuit going properly—it works fine otherwise, just a bit clunky.
I have found and ordered a properly spec’d power supply which will arrive in the next week or so, so I’ll know for sure then.
I wonder if there are any other theories as to why the charging circuit works fine under Tiger but not Leopard?