Dave Perin on 2/21/01 12:12 PM wrote:
> I have a Duo 2300 which has a problem knowing how much battery life it has.
> When I take it out of its dock and the battery is fully charged, both the
> menu bar icon and the Control Strip module show a FULL charge. However,
> when I use it for about ten minutes, the screen dims and it tells me that
> the battery is low. After a few more minutes, another dialog box tells me
> that it will shut down soon... and it does so after a couple more minutes.
>
> If the answer is to reset the Power Manager, I must not be doing it right.
> As far as I know, you just shut down, then hold in the power switch on the
> BACK of the laptop for about 45 seconds or so, right? I've tried that, all
> to no avail. Can anyone help me here?
>
Sounds like your doing it right. I would say you either need to recondition
the battery, because of memory effect, or it is on it's last leg. Once a
battery is about gone, the available running time drops to practically
nothing.
-makmac
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