[ltp] Battery went nuts...

[Heiko Rosemann]

Hi there,

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:06:51 +0100, Patrick Huber
<linux-thinkpad@thunderchick.com> wrote:
> What am I supposed to do? I don't want to hook it on ac because when the
> system thinks the battery is empty it's gonna charge a near-full battery
> until it thinks it's full. And in the end, the battery's overgarged with
> something like 60Wh (capacity is 70Wh).
> 
> Any experiences? Ideas?

What I *personally* would do is run down the battery until it really
is empty. I guess this is only a software problem, charging control
happens in hardware (in the battery itself), so I wouldn't be afraid
of hooking the laptop to AC either. But to be on the safe side, I
would run down the battery. At least my Thinkpad beeps shortly before
the battery is completely empty.

YMMV, Heiko