on 10/12/00 1:42 PM, Marc Sira at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Then I used an app called "Battery Amnesia" which drains
>> the battery even farther than Apple's reconditioning app.
>
> It's worth noting that Battery Amnesia drains a battery *less* completely
> than Apple's Battery Recondition. It does go farther than the normal Power
> Manager safety-sleep, however, which may be what you're thinking of.
> Battery Recondition actually hooks into the Power Manager and drains the
> battery while still keeping the Duo alive from AC power, which is why it
> needs the Duo plugged in. It basically goes as far as you can without
> damaging a NiMH battery by 100% discharging it.
>
> That different is also why only certain versions of Battery Recondition
> work with certain Duos. For the original poster who was unable to run v1.5
> on a 280c, try using 1.1 or 1.2 (which I believe are respectively on the
> Battery Tools disk and 7.5.3 distribution from Apple - I can also mail them
> to someone).
>
>
Interesting! Got my Duos off eBay and they had Battery Recondition on it,
but no docs. I just assumed that the only such an app could work is when
running by battery power alone. I've never run these apps and then
immediately taken the battery out to see how deeply it's been discharged
(not having a multimeter at home).
I guess I'll have to go off to Apple's site to see if there's docs on this.
- Eric.
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