>>
>> Get the Battery Tools from Apple, it will have a Type 3 battery extension,
>> stick it in your extension folder. Shut down the Duo, hook up the charger,
>> AC adapter and Duo - then start it up. That's it.
>
> Just a question, that's not some kind of enabler, right? Because I already
> have 8.1. Tomorrow, I will install 8.6. That's on a 2300c. I'll check anyway
> these "battery tools".
>
> -Laurent.
No, its not an enabler but I thought you had an older Duo. I don't know
about the 2300c but I think that the 280 will just update the charger's
firmware by itself (without any extension). Try hooking it up per my
instructions above and see if the charger will then take Type III batteries.
~ta
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