On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Brian Troisi wrote:
>> >> 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. > If that doesn't calibrate the battery, how does one calibrate their > battery! When we talk about "calibrating the battery" we're actually training the power management system "when this battery has N volts output, it means that it has Y minutes left." All batteries have slightly different characteristics. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
