[Gllug] Laptop battery faliure

[jim at lateral.net]

Hi,

> Hi all;
>
> My Laptops ( compaq m300, debian sid ) has decided to forget its got a
> battery attached. Removing the power cable causes the little fella to
> die instantly. Wierd thing is, when I press the little test button on
> the battery it reports to be fully charged. Apm also reports the
> battery to be fully charged. Also the contacts all look fine between
> the battery and the laptop.
>
I don't know how old the battery is but these type of rechargeable
batteries do have a limited life span dependant on age and number of times
charged.  Use a meter to check what sort of output you are geting from the
battery.

> I did a big apt-get upgrade the other day and apm got upgrade I dont
> think however this is the problem ( ie its not software ) as the
> machine also dies instantly when I remove the power before it even gets
> to LILO.

Peace Jim



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