On Friday 17 February 2006 10:05, John M Flinchbaugh wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 05:51:59PM +0000, john gennard wrote: > > 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'. > > > > 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. > > When my R40's battery life slowly dropped from 4-5 hours to 1 hour, I > decided to recalibrate it by running it down completely, so it could > have a better idea how long it really could run.
Draining NiCds and NiMH batteries to empty is harmful. Don't do it, you're asking for permanent battery damage. It only works as a stopgap measure if you don't have a good battery charger that burp-charges instead of trickle-charges the battery. Most laptop manufacturers get chintzy when it comes to the recharge circuit, and improperly trickle charge batteries that work best only when burp-charged. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
