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strapping young lad:
spoke to him..

says if the laptop is an old one then the battery is likely to  be... broken..

he used another word but mc filters naughty words!

let me know more bout the laptop in question (spec) so he can gauge a more accurate answer

ive had nearly new batteries die on me though so its not unheard of

or

the contact points inside the case may be bent or damaged

Yoshi:
its a powerbook g4 aluminium, 1.25ghz, 512mb ram, 15" screen, 80gb hdd circa end of 2003.

the battery was replaced less than 6 months ago, but this time it just wouldnt charge, was fine up until then, it just carried on going til it had no power left

TDi90:
macs... tut tut. hate the things!!
i dont know how to help btw. sorry.
R

thermidorthelobster:
Have you tried resetting the power management unit.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

Have you been through the troubleshooting options on the Apple Support website?  You can often find simple fixes there.  If not, try posting a message on the Apple Support Forums.

KevinStorr:
First things first

It might not be the battery. If I remember the chargers  have a light on the connection which goes into the mac. Does this light up? Also if you connect the charger will it run of the mains connection?

We have had a number of chargers which have failed. In fact we have a little grave yard for them.

Does the battery have a charge indicator, press the button 3 or 4 lights come to some how full the battery is.

Speak to Apple on some of the newer Mac-books they have had a battery manufacture problem. Your battery as it is only 6 mths old might be part of a faulty batch.

If you have a multi meter you could check what current is been feed from the charger. It might power the laptop but not have enough to charger it.

It is a while since I was a mac engineer but I might be able to get some more if if you can give me the serial number of the mac and the model number.

Cheers Kevin

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