Re: [clug-talk] new laptop lithium ion battery

2011-04-29 Thread Kin Wong
Thanks Simon - I didn't know about this part. The pack may be 'worn' if continuously run in a hot enviroment or if left full discharged for a length of time. At some point the control/safety electronics will flag an error and mark the pack as 'dead'. You can not recover from this Simon.

Re: [clug-talk] new laptop lithium ion battery

2011-04-29 Thread simon
> Anybody got some well founded advice? LiIon and LiPo batteries don't have the memory effects that older battery types had, so pretty much install and just use adapter when you can. There are some ACPI (I believe) settings which can make using the 'crotch-top' a little more pleasant. You can li