-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 20 September 2002 03:29 am, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > [Although laptop-related, it is not debian-specific. But you're a > helpful lot, aren't you? :-) ] > > I'm suspecting that the batteries in my laptop are getting old - or that > something is buggy in hardware / bios. > > Reason: The batteries charge in a odd way: They will charge (eventually) > to anything between 35% and 65% (40 in the example below) and then > *suddenly* become 100% full !? > > Discharging is a bit odd too - they will go seemingly linearly from 100% > to anything between 80% and 50% (~70% in example below) and then drop > quite steeply.
Greetings Jorgensen: The batteries could be both getting old, and also needing a complete cycling to reset the values. In my bios, I have a special *mode* that completely discharges the batteries, then charges them completely and *learns* the cycle, then repeats the procedure. Yet as batteries age, they will give less service life. A problem that I see is that my unit doesn't leave any cool down time for the batteries. It would be much better if it would let them cool for 1/2 hour and then charge them up. If you don't have this feature, then perhaps see if there is a local shop that has a stand alone smart charger that could do it for you. I used to take my two-way radio batteries in to a place here that I found quite helpful. After they were cycled, they were back to at least 85% of life which bought me another year before I had to retire them. gl - -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9i0QIZHBxKsta6kMRAk3GAKCuUOi35mKfRFJdo1h1H9gh78kG1wCdG0pW 2AZnb7MjpJxzLyYOkKQdLHo= =+u6g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
