On Feb 6, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Matt Emson wrote:
> What you are suggesting sounds more like it will damage the battery. > I've never needed to "calibrate" a lithium battery to get a full > performance out of it. Sounds more like something you'd do with one of > the older chemistries such as NiCAD or NiMH. I repeated the exact instructions that came with my new LiIon battery. Running it until the system shuts down instead of sleeping does not discharge the battery completely. This process does not calibrate the battery, what it does is calibrate the Mac's power management system so that the displayed time and % remaining are closer to the actual time remaining. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
