On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:51:59 +0000 john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just before Christmas, I bought a secondhand T20 > Laptop and installed Sarge which works fine. > > The vendor said there was a battery which 'worked > well'. Embarrassingly, I have so far always used the T20 > with the AC Adapter. However, last evening I decided to > use the battery to see how much time I would get from it. > > Debian's monitor told me the battery was fully > charged, but, on starting I got a message 'Running off > Battery - 11 minutes left', two minutes later > 'Battery running out 0 minutes left'. It did give me > enough time to close everything and shut down. > > I've just recharged the battery which took just > over 23 minutes to reach 'fully charged'. Then switching > to it, in one minute I got 'Running off battery 11 mins > left' quickly followed by 'running out 0 mins left'. > > It would seem that I've been 'sold a pup', but > before getting a new one (assuming one can be found), I > just wondered if anything in the Debian software could be > misconfigured. The battery itself seems in almost pristine > condition to my inexperienced eyes. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions (solice is perhaps > too much to hope for). I've never had anything to do with > Laptops before, so I'm in the dark. > You can try previous sugestions, it may buy you a bit of time but I doubt it. If the battery is Li-Ion then their nice due to relatively high capacity and presumably no memory but they have a lifespan of about two to two and a half years without regard to usage (storing them half charged when not used is best though). > Regards, John. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
