>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).
Does anyone have Battery Recondition 1.1 ? I didnt find it on APples
site, and none of my battery respond to reconditioner 1.2 or 1.5.
Mad Dog
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