[TriLUG] Linux laptop battery

[M. Mueller (bhu5nji)]

Any ideas on what killed the battery?   It's a NiMH that's <12mon old.  Is it 
the case of the mfr installing a crappy battery like auto mfr used to install 
crappy tires?

I saw on the WWW that perhaps I should have been running without the battery 
installed when I spend so much time on main power.  Also it said that the 
battery is being stored it should be drained and at room temp.  Does that 
make sense?

Mike M.


On Sunday 03 February 2002 04:41 pm, you wrote:
> There is a very simple way to solve this problem. Simply find someone who
> has a battery that will work on your computer and swap the two batteries.
> If the problems go away, Yes--your battery was bad!!
>      But I'm surprised that you don't have more than one battery already.
> Here's why. Batteries are notoriously famous for dying just when you need
> them the most. Hence they should always be bought in pairs and they should
> be properly charged and discharged with the best charger you can afford. I
> have a list of 800 numbers you can call to purchase rechargeable batteries
> usually for less than you can buy them locally. Yes, there are companies
> that not only sell nothing but batteries for computers, cellphones, and
> lots of other things you probably don't need, AND even better there are
> also some companies which can even REBUILD lots of the batteries that are
> used in portable computers, etc. Sometimes they can open the cases and
> replace the batteries in them and you get new batteries in your old case
> for just the cost of the new batteries!!
> You simply call them on the phone and tell them the numbers on the battery
> you want replaced or repaired. If you want this info, I'll be happy to post
> it for you.--AL
> P.S. I have no financial interest in any of these companies!!  The reason I
> know about them is that amateur radio operators use lots of rechargeable
> batteries!!
>
> =====================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: M. Mueller (bhu5nji) <bhu5nji at yahoo.com>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:49 PM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Linux laptop battery
>
> > Can anyone help me determine if a laptop battery is dead?
> >
> > Symptoms:
> >
> > 1.  Laptop runs no longer than 5 minutes without AC
> > 2.  cat /proc/apm gives this:  1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
> > 3.  apm -v gives this :
> > APM BIOS 1.2 (kernel driver 1.14)
> > AC on-line, no system battery
> > 4. battery is installed
> > 5. charging light goes out pretty quickly after being reinstalled
> >
> > Is there anywhere to go to get the battery checked?
> > Is there a chance that I'll buy a new battery only to find out the laptop
>
> is
>
> > faulty?
> > It's not a Mandrake 8.1 problem or an APM problem is it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike M.
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