At 9:37 AM -0400 4/3/01, Simon at Sentient Technologies wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>
>Basically what happened is that the Duo stopped working
>unless it was in the Duo Dock (Plus). Ejected and running
>on battery it would play the startup sound, light the
>screen, but then immediately shut itself off.
>
Dead battery.
>I have one Type-2 battery and two Type-3 batteries for it,
>but none of them will power it out of the Dock for more
>than a few seconds now. It also will not run while directly
>plugged into a power adapter.
I'd give a try to getting one or two type 3's rebuilt. Someone on the list
( Scott Hughey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) offered to do it for $80 or so, and a
company (Battery ???) will do it for $100, both using higher capacity
cells.
>
>Besides swapping the three batteries in the Duo to charge
>them in the Dock, I've also charged them separately in both
>the standard Apple charger and in another one which does a
>deep discharge first. And in addition to the standard Apple
>power adapter I also have a mini adapter made by Battery
>Technology, but that won't make it work out of the Dock
>either.
>
I'd measure the output of both these adapters, and then test the
motherboard for continuity between the power input and the MB.
Then I read Suzy's suggestion and think she's got it, so take out the dead
battery.
Paul
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