On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:11 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > On Thursday 11 November 2010 18:07:35 Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:05 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: >> > If the soldering isn't done correctly, the battery-pack can literally >> > explode when put under load. >> >> Yeah, I don't think the savings would be big enough to justify the risk. >> >> I found a replacement battery online for less than USD$30 so I ordered >> it. Hopefully it fits and holds a charge. :) > > Good luck :) > If laptops would work with the same LIPO-packs that are used for Remote > Control planes, then it would be cheaper and easier as the chargers used for > those are better then the stuff they stick in laptops. > > But that's wishfull thinking
The replacement battery is good, it fits perfectly and holds over 90% of maximum rated charge. I booted from Sabayon KDE LiveCD and the battery meter works fine in there, so there must be something wrong in my config. I will dig deeper to try to identify the differences. Thanks for all suggestions. :)
