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<DIV><SPAN class=489461322-29092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>has a
dos battery refresh utility - might work for you. Appears to be the same one for
both LiOn and NiMh batteries</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jethro Carr
[mailto:dodocaptain@paradise.net.nz]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 30 September
2003 9:47 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> LUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [wellylug] Laptop
Battery Problems....<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 11:22, Peter
Jones wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><I>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</I></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><BR>I did upgrade the
battery controller. Do you know any good downloadable discharge
applications?</FONT> <PRE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>--- Jethro<BR><BR><A href="%20http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/"><FONT color=#0000ff>dodocaptain@paradise.net.nz</A><BR><A href="%20http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/">homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/</FONT></A><BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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