> on 10/10/00 23:32, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I don't know if I made a mistake (hope not), but a bit desperate to find a
> battery, I finally ordered a BTI Type IV from Outpost.com at $99.95 with free
> overnight delivery.
>
> I did put the battery in my 280c at about 6:30pm, so it's been there for over
> 5 hours. They say that the battery should be initially charged for 10 hours,
> but I am wondering a bit that there is no apparent progress on the charge. I
> own a Newton MessagePad and whenever I recharge a battery, I can monitor the
> progress with some built-in utility. I'm currently running 8.1 on the 280c and
> the provided monitoring tools don't seem to change their state. That's my
> first PowerBook, so I'm a bit at lost what to expect, and I didn't get any doc
> with it. I haven't found the Duo 280c user's guide, so I don't know what to
> expect.
>
> What I am experiencing is that the little battery icon color in the menu bar,
> between the clock and the application menu hasn't changed: it's still about
> 4/5 red, with the top part, about 1/5, being what looks like some reddish
> orange. There also seems to be a little tiny pointer on the left of the
> battery that points from left to right, at the battery top, but I don't know
> what that means. I also have the battery control strip and the battery level
> indicator hasn't changed either: all levels are gray. None of them has started
> to turn green, as I think they should be. I must add that I haven't turned on
> the Duo, except for monitoring the charge. I don't know if it makes a
> difference, but with a MessagePad, it does. If you leave it turned off while
> recharging the battery, the amount of time needed will dramatically decreases.
> Maybe that's not the case on a PowerBook, I don't know.
>
> So, my basic question is: is this normal the first time you charge a battery?
> Should I only expect to see some changes at the end of the charge cycle? Or
> did I do a huge mistake by buying this Type IV NiMH battery, which is said to
> work in a 280?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
OK, I hate when I respond to my own post, but I think I understand how it
works. You need to insert the battery when the computer is on. I just did
remove the battery, turned on the 280c and then re-inserted the battery. The
little icon in the menu bar changed with a little spark appearing, and the
same happened in the control strip. So, now I know it's currently charging
the battery.
After making more general searches, I finally found the "PowerBook Duos:
Getting Started" guide, which explains some PowerBook Duos specific
features.
I also did install the "Essential PowerBook Strip", thanks to the poster of
the message with the link!
-Laurent.
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