on 11/10/00 21:47, Eric L. Strobel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 10/11/00 8:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, I've just tried to give "Battery Recondition", version 1.5, a go. Right
>> after I confirmed the recondition, the computer shut off by itself. However,
>> they seem to imply that the computer will stay on. They say in the opening
>> screen that "All open applications will be forced to quit" and "Cmd-period
>> will cancel reconditioning.". Well that tells me that the computer would
>> stay on, not shut itself off right after I click the OK button to confirm
>> recondition.
>>
>> I'm starting to think that my computer maybe damaged... and I'm not really
>> happy right now...
>>
>> Any thought from anybody about this?
>>
>
> After sitting for a few months unused, my 280c was acting sort of flaky and
> I was even suspecting the PRAM battery. Then I was reminded about resetting
> the Power Manager. That seemed to reduce the state of confusion about the
> battery's charge. Then I used an app called "Battery Amnesia" which drains
> the battery even farther than Apple's reconditioning app. But if they've
> issued you an RMA number, it may be best to just send it back and get one
> that is known good.
>
Could you elaborate a little bit more on resetting the Power Manager?
Specially if it reduces the state of confusion about the battery's charge, I
think I'd like to know more.
BTW, I think it's unfortunate that there isn't any archive for this mailing
list. I wouldn't have pounded the list so heavily with my problem if there
would have been some information somewhere I could have read. For instance,
I've checked Apple technical notes and their technical exchange forum, but I
couldn't read a single message talking about using a type of NiMH battery in
a computer that wasn't initially designed to handle it.
Anyway, I have Battery Amnesia, but I can't use it since I can't run off the
battery. As soon as I unplug the computer, it just turns off. Or if I try to
restart without the adapter plugged in, it won't start at all.
So, if you can point me to some documentation about how to reset the
PowerManager, I would certainly give it a try. As I said, this 280c was used
and, even if it seems to have been well taken care of, I don't know how it's
been treated. The only thing I know is that the battery that came with it
was completely dead, beyond any recovery. But that, the seller did make it
known before the transaction occured.
-Laurent.
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