On 7 Apr, this message from Michael Schmitz echoed through cyberspace: >> >http://ryoko.camperquake.de/solutions >> >> Anyone tested it. Is that working?
Tried it yesterday after my battery went down to 1514 max_charge. After studying some Li-ion battery docs, I found that end-of-discharge voltage for those batteries should be 3.0V. I noticed PMU still gave me 14.0V when charge was aproaching 0%; so I decided to let it drain down to 12.0V (4 cells in series). That gave me another 45 minutes of runtime. The smart battery will stop delivering power at 12.0V, so the PowerBook will be shut off the hard way once at that point :-). So it's been shown the protection circuit of the battery works :-)). However, after recharging the battery, I haven't gained much capacity back: I now have a max_charge of 1574. So I guess it will just be time for a new battery soon.... > Not with battery life per se, but I did that sort of PMU reset on my > Lombard after it refused to charge the battery in the default bay, and > all was fine. > > I'll have to try that again now that battery life is degrading. Max > charge of 1745 is OK for Lombard, right? Looks good to me... My TiBook is down to 1574 :-( What do other people get as voltage reading when their battery is fully charged, and when aproaching 0% charge? I'd be interested to see if PMU always stops discharging 'early', as it obviously did for me (at 14.0V vs. end-of-discharge at 12.0V). Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
