hooter Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I installed both .3 and .4 on my Thinkpad T42 and neither recognize my computer as being a laptop. By this I mean there is no power thingy in the upper right corner. If I unplug it from the wall, it doesn't show me a battery %age left or anything. Is this normal? Can I fix this somehow? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaiOSX Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 type this at the boot loader: platform=ACPI If it works you can add this command in your com.apple.boot.plist Search in the forum about this file (many topics are already open). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 i had my laptop battery working on 10.4.1 and now on 10.4.3 it doesn't and i used the install dvd so how do you get to the boot options? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoDeath Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I think you just press F8 as soon as you see the darwin loader (though this is too quick for me so i rapidy tap F8 from the bios screen hehe) anyway i have tried this and it did not work for me, though i might be getting the wrong end of the stick as to where to type that command.. it would be really nice to get this working though (i occasionally forget to plug in lol) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 This is perhaps the most annoying problem left for me with OS X. Besides this (and the need of a dongle and mirroring the display on my laptop), everything else works really great for me. I'd LOVE to get this fixed. It shouldn't be very difficult. When I check my System Profiler it sees the battery and its current charge... Anyone have any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 ok i'll try f8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorant Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Check here, http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...c=2237&hl=power Attempting hack of PowerManagement for laptops - OSx86 Project Forum Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 the platform=acpi didn't work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Check here, http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...c=2237&hl=powerAttempting hack of PowerManagement for laptops - OSx86 Project Forum That thread, as far as I have seen, doesn't fix this problem. It is for people who already have the battery monitor icon coming up, and it is not calculating the time remaing correctly (but it IS showing the percentage correctly). I tried installing it anyway, and it does have some success (it boots with the monitor icon), but it doesn't update, so the only numbers it reports is the status of the battery at boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-64994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorant Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 It fixed it for me, that's why i linked it. I have a Dell Latitude D610 with 4.3 and it wasn't showing any indication of a battery, followed that post installed the kext and all is working fine on my laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 well it does work it just did for me and i didn't have any signs of this computer showing up as a laptop Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorant Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 glad it worked Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yeah, after posting, I reread some of the entire thread and just saw this: --- ohhh you rock, not only did it make my battery stuff appear in 10.4.3 (which it wast) the calculating works perfectly!!!! youre the man!!! --- SO!, I'm wrong, it has fixed some people's problems completely... Not mine though.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooter Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Inputting "platform=ACPI" didn't work for me...I'm going to give the power management hack a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoDeath Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 well that fix seems to have worked for me this time (i had tried it before on a different installation) so nice on on that link again! much appreciated Edit: I thought it was inaccurate, but i wasnt plugged in lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Did you do anything differently? I just tried again, and still no luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 umm no i just did what it said....mac os just must not support your laptop's power system Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooter Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 I followed the PowerManagement hack thing, but it doesn't recognize when I'm on battery and when I'm plugged in :\ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 not supported all i can say Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10347-10434-dont-recognize-my-laptops-battery/#findComment-65192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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