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I personally wouldn’t bother as its risky and you’ll likely get worn-out cells!
[link|https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585|Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks]
First, you need to find the correct cell’s which are no longer available and anything you will find are from the back shelf that someone dusted off. Even many assembled new batteries won’t last very long either. The chemistry of these batteries was not as good as what we have today and doesn’t age well either. To add to it the charging profile is very different which is why you can’t swap them out with newer chemistry cells.
-Here’s one source which appears [link|https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBP56RS/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaIANnMc7nkPw2e2aA-BbKUK_iGrlXiJPkXPDkNwyfEYzFu3RKYHoZRoC-kYQAvD_BwE|NewerTech NuPower Battery]
+Here’s one source which appears to offer the needed batt [link|https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBP56RS/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaIANnMc7nkPw2e2aA-BbKUK_iGrlXiJPkXPDkNwyfEYzFu3RKYHoZRoC-kYQAvD_BwE|NewerTech NuPower Battery]
Anyways … Here’s what I’ve used so I could test things [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5py_OAsm0|Teardown: Apple PowerBook G4: How to open Disassembly battery without destroying it " Sony Cells"]

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-I personally wouldn’t bother as its risky and you’ll likely get worn-out battery!
+I personally wouldn’t bother as its risky and you’ll likely get worn-out cells!
-[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585|Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks]
+[link|https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585|Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks]
-First, you need to find the correct cell’s which are no longer available and anything you will find are from the back shelf that someone dusted off. Even many assembled new batteries won’t last very long either the chemistry of these batteries was not as good as what we have today. To add to it the charging profile is very different which is why you can’t swap them out with newer chemistry cells.
+First, you need to find the correct cell’s which are no longer available and anything you will find are from the back shelf that someone dusted off. Even many assembled new batteries won’t last very long either. The chemistry of these batteries was not as good as what we have today and doesn’t age well either. To add to it the charging profile is very different which is why you can’t swap them out with newer chemistry cells.
-Here’s one source which appears [https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBP56RS/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaIANnMc7nkPw2e2aA-BbKUK_iGrlXiJPkXPDkNwyfEYzFu3RKYHoZRoC-kYQAvD_BwE|NewerTech NuPower Battery]
+Here’s one source which appears [link|https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBP56RS/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaIANnMc7nkPw2e2aA-BbKUK_iGrlXiJPkXPDkNwyfEYzFu3RKYHoZRoC-kYQAvD_BwE|NewerTech NuPower Battery]
-Anyways … Here’s what I’ve used so I could test things [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5py_OAsm0|Teardown: Apple PowerBook G4: How to open Disassembly battery without destroying it " Sony Cells"]
+Anyways … Here’s what I’ve used so I could test things [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5py_OAsm0|Teardown: Apple PowerBook G4: How to open Disassembly battery without destroying it " Sony Cells"]

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Original post by: Dan

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I personally wouldn’t bother as its risky and you’ll likely get worn-out battery!

[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585|Determine battery cycle count for Mac notebooks]

First, you need to find the correct cell’s which are no longer available and anything you will find are from the back shelf that someone dusted off. Even many assembled new batteries won’t last very long either the chemistry of these batteries was not as good as what we have today. To add to it the charging profile is very different which is why you can’t swap them out with newer chemistry cells.

Here’s one source which appears [https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBP56RS/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaIANnMc7nkPw2e2aA-BbKUK_iGrlXiJPkXPDkNwyfEYzFu3RKYHoZRoC-kYQAvD_BwE|NewerTech NuPower Battery]

Anyways … Here’s what I’ve used so I could test things [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5py_OAsm0|Teardown: Apple PowerBook G4: How to open Disassembly battery without destroying it " Sony Cells"]

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