Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
> OK, it's me again. Sorry for yet again another post, but I'm still
> experiencing very strange behavior with my 280c.
>
> First, the battery level is way off. I started using my two fully recharged
> battery, one after each other, and I got maybe 30 minutes of power. That
> doesn't seem a lot. Then, the battery level did go down pretty quickly until
> it reached 0% (that was from the "Essential PowerBook Strip"), and stayed
> there for maybe an additional 10 minutes. Is it the kind of estimate you can
> expect from a Duo 280c? That doesn't seem very reliable. All this time, the
> Apple's PowerBook strip battery level was flashing the last gray bar. And I
> certainly was able to use the computer for an additional 10 minutes, if not
> more, until I got a message saying that the screen would dim to preserve
> power and at some point, the computer would go to sleep if not plugged
> quickly.
>
> I've tried my other battery, that was fully recharged yesterday, and the
> battery level stayed at 0%! Again, I was able to use the Duo for maybe 20-30
> minutes, all the time being at 0%. That seems odd.
>
> And a last thing I did notice was that the estimated time remaining wasn't
> displayed.
>
> Since that's my first real use with the batteries, I'm wondering if this is
> a standard behavior I can expect from my Duo, or is there something wrong?
>
> I did completely re-install the System yesterday evening, after doing a low
> level format to the drive, so it's a fresh installation, with very few third
> party extension, basically only the Asant� EN/SC one.
>
> Anybody has any suggestion, idea, pointer?
>
> If I don't hear from anyone, I guess I'll try to re-install the system
> again, maybe I missed something with the previous installation, because I
> will need the computer in shape tomorrow.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Laurent.
>
Your power manager has killed itself (corrupted). Resetting it should
fix the problem.
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