Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:30:28 +1000 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Charging problem
Hi all!
Looks like my trusty L100 has decided that it doesn't want to play nice anymore :-(
I plug the power supply and battery in and, if the laptop is turned on, the charging light comes on and the power icon shows charging but the battery never makes it beyond about 58%. Unplug external power and the battery starts discharging. I get about 1h20m or so out of it which is about right for a half charge given the age of the battery.
However, things get weirder when the laptop is turned off. With the laptop plugged in, initially the power light goes green and the battery light goes orange (as normal). However, after a while the battery light turns off altogether (it SHOULD go green when the battery is charged) ... If I take the battery pack out and plug it back in again, the orange charge light comes back on for a while before going out altogether again.
All this started quite suddenly ... it was all working OK then I ran the battery all the way down on a flight from Rome to Tokyo (on an Alitalia 767 of all things ... don't get me started ...). These problems started the next time I plugged it in (actually thats not quite true, the first time I plugged it in, instead of the battery light coming on, the power light flashed orange indicating a power problem) ...
Anyone else seen such symptoms or have any ideas?
*sigh* I wish I found out this thing was having problems before I left Tokyo (the next time I plugged it in after the flight was in Australia) ... I could have gotten a nice replacement when I went to Akihabara!
- Raymond
P.S. Yes, I'm back! Hopefully I'll be a little more active on the list than I have been for the past few months!
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