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<DIV><SPAN class=996272023-28092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And I
saw similar things with NEC Versa notebooks. There was a BIOS upgrade to fix the
charging problem and also a DOS application that would fully discharge the
battery to allow it to be properly refreshed. Couldn't be done under Windows
as power management would get in the way. It was sometimes
necessary to run the charge-discharge cycle a couple of times. If after that and
the BIOS update there were still battery probs then the battery was replaced
under warranty</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Eugene Van Wyk
[mailto:Eugene.VanWyk@4rf.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 24 September 2003
7:40 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> wellylug@lists.naos.co.nz<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[wellylug] Laptop Battery Problems....<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have come across a
few compaqs with battery indication problems. Although I haven't worked
on them my guess would be a problem around the battery management chip/sensing
circuits. I had a "MECER" machine in SA, - many people in the company
had - and you could not believe the battery info on any of those
machines.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I also know of one
older machine where the owner claims loading newer/appropriate drivers
sorted things out. I did not see this happen, but the guy (although not
a hardware buff), certainly knows how to upgrade his own machines, so I would
not dispute his story. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eugene van
Wyk</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN lang=EN-NZ
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Test Development
Engineer</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4RF
Communications</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">26 Glover
str</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ngaraunga</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wellington</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New
Zealand</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jethro
Carr [mailto:dodocaptain@paradise.net.nz] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 24 September 2003 7:24
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> LUG<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [wellylug] Laptop Battery
Problems....</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 06:46, Centurion
Computer Technology Ltd wrote: </SPAN></FONT></P><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><I><FONT face="Courier New" color=#737373 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #737373; FONT-STYLE: italic">what sort of battery is it? If the cells are NiCad then you have to</SPAN></FONT></I></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><I><FONT face="Courier New" color=#737373 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #737373; FONT-STYLE: italic">fully discharge them every time to maintain a decent battery life,</SPAN></FONT></I></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><I><FONT face="Courier New" color=#737373 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #737373; FONT-STYLE: italic">otherwise you get poor performance as you experience. </SPAN></FONT></I></PRE>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">No, it's a
Lithium.<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
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