[ltp] Battery dying

[James Mckenzie]

Thomas:

What type of battery does the 770Z use?  If it is a NiMH battery, you may have to
'deep cycle' it a few times to get all time back.  This is NOT recommended for LiON
batteries as this may shorten the lifetime further of the battery.

James Mckenzie

Thomas Porter wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:27:32PM -0500, Thomas Hood thoughtfully expounded:
> > PMO.  I just bought a new battery in July, and already it's dying
> > just as my last battery did.  When charging, after it charges to
> > about 20% it jumps up to "100%", and when I run on battery it
> > only runs down to about 85% before dropping suddenly to 5%.
> >
> > Is this a firmware bug, or what?
>
> Thomas,
>
> I have had similar problems.  Can you check something for me:  What is the time
> remaining when your battery charge level drops from 85% to 5%?
>
> I have found on mine that regardless of my usage pattern, and thus the
> percentage shown, that when the time remaining drops under one hour, from 1:00
> to 0:55, is when the battery goes critical.
>
> I too suspect some kind of system problem: charging circuit, firmware in
> battery, APM BIOS support, etc. and am trying to confirm this.
>
> --
> Tom Porter                                       txporter@mindspring.com
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