On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
>
> If the laptop uses the (old!) APM interface, xapm will work. If the
> laptop uses the (newer, current) ACPI interface, I have written a little
> utility that displays the battery state. Visit
> http://www.deepsoft.com/OddsAndEnds and scrol
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Hello all:
> Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a charge but that th
On 06/08/09 16:21, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> My laptop is four years old, and yes the battery is aging. When I bought
>>> the
>>> laptop there were instructions that if a laptop is used mainly on mains, you
>>> should run it on batt
Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
>
>> My laptop is four years old, and yes the battery is aging. When I bought
>> the
>> laptop there were instructions that if a laptop is used mainly on mains, you
>> should run it on battery, say once a month or so, until you are down to 10%.
>>
Robert Heller wrote:
> At Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:43:36 -0400 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hello all:
>>Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
>> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
>> Under XP there is a utility that warns that
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Hello all:
> Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a charge but that th
Anne Wilson wrote:
>>
> My laptop is four years old, and yes the battery is aging. When I bought the
> laptop there were instructions that if a laptop is used mainly on mains, you
> should run it on battery, say once a month or so, until you are down to 10%.
> It was claimed that the periodic
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 18:38:12 Kwan Lowe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Blake Hudson wrote:
> > How old is your laptop? This may be a case of expectations not meeting
> > reality. As the Wiki article linked previously mentions, LiION batteries
> > deteriorate over time and with us
RedShift wrote:
> That's usually a symptom of an individual cell that has failed. You could
> open up the batterypack and start replacing the individual cells, but I'd
> recommend just getting a new battery or even a new laptop...
>
*EXTREMELY* dangerous to do that with Lithium-ion packs.
_
Kwan Lowe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Blake Hudson wrote:
>
>> How old is your laptop? This may be a case of expectations not meeting
>> reality. As the Wiki article linked previously mentions, LiION batteries
>> deteriorate over time and with use (as do all batteries). In my
>> exp
cornel panceac wrote:
>
> The laptop is about 18 months old, so the battery was nearing its end
> but I'd hoped for at least another 6 months of useful time (more than
> 10 minutes). The battery is in worse condition than three identical
> batteries in the other 3 laptops purchased
2009/8/5 Kwan Lowe
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Blake Hudson wrote:
>
> >
> > How old is your laptop? This may be a case of expectations not meeting
> > reality. As the Wiki article linked previously mentions, LiION batteries
> > deteriorate over time and with use (as do all batteries). In
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Blake Hudson wrote:
>
> How old is your laptop? This may be a case of expectations not meeting
> reality. As the Wiki article linked previously mentions, LiION batteries
> deteriorate over time and with use (as do all batteries). In my
> experience, a typical lapt
Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Also, not sure if this is possible, but I would like to control how
> the laptop charges the battery. I tend to have the laptop plugged in
> most of the time and this constant charging state is apparently very
> bad for battery lifetime. So a charge/drain cycle is supposedly
> b
At Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:43:36 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a
Original Message
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Battery condition tools CentOS/Dell
From: Kwan Lowe
To: CentOS mailing list
Date: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:14:46 AM
> The times I have removed it from the mains the battery held out
> for only about 10 minutes before dying.
&
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Blake Hudson wrote:
> Actually, it's the 100% charge state that is bad for LiIon. But a
> charge/drain cycle will likely wear the battery out even faster - LiIon
> batteries wear model is based on usage time. A 90% charge is ideal for
> long term storage - or for som
Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Hello all:
>Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a charge but that the battery is degraded and shoul
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 09:43 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Hello all:
>Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a charge but tha
most of the time.
As far as software controls, I'm not familiar - but one thing that works
in any OS is to simply remove the battery when on AC power.
-Blake
Original Message
Subject: [CentOS] Battery condition tools CentOS/Dell
From: Kwan Lowe
To: centos@centos.org
Date:
Hello all:
Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
holding a charge but that the battery is degraded and should be
replaced.
Also, not s
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