Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 14:56:49 -0500 From: "Richard T. Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Emerges From Storage, Won't Run On Battery
If you are willing to settle for the standard battery rather than the high capacity one, there is a outfit that has been putting alot of them up for sale on e-bay for 14.99 each. I bought one and it works fine. Some of them don't even get a bid. Just search for PA2502U. There is a CMOS/RTC battery inside the unit that keeps date, time and CMOS info. You need to keep the lib turned on for 48 hours to charge that one up. David Hettel wrote: > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 23:25:39 -0500 > From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Emerges From Storage, Won't Run On Battery > > Was the battery in the Lib while it was in storage? Not that it really matters, but > if it was chances are the battery is dead. Look on eBay, you may find a new one, or > look in the archives for how to rebuild one if you want. The battery going dead when > unplug from AC, and going to full charge normally means it is dead. > > Which CD drive do you have? The type of dive makes a big difference in how you > install winXP. You might be more happy with win2K than XP. You are short on memory. > Also it would be a good idea to charge it for 24 hours or so and see if it will keep > the time. There is a battery on the main board that may have died, too. I have heard > that this battery may take up to 4 or 5 days to recharge. But what you want is for > it to hold a charge for a while with no AC going to it. > > There are just a few screws to pull, if you want to add a new drive. > David Hettel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Liu > To: Libretto > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 9:16 PM > Subject: [LIB] 100CT Emerges From Storage, Won't Run On Battery > > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:42:56 -0800 > From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 100CT Emerges From Storage, Won't Run On Battery > > Dang, now I remember why the Lib got put into storage in the first place. > It won't run on battery. > > It runs on AC fine, whether in the docking station or not. And while on > AC, it reports that the battery is 100% charged. But once unplugged, it > dies instantly. > > I took a voltmeter to the battery compartment contacts , and although I > don't know what all the contacts are for I get 3v to 5v between various > pairs. And when doing the same to the battery contacts, I get 5v between > various pairs too. So my guess is the Lib is charging the battery and the > battery is taking a charge. > > Any ideas? Either for diagnosis, self-repair, or where to get it repaired? > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
