David, Thanks. It's a lithium ion battery.
Harry Monday, July 21, 20031:58 PMDavid Dudineddudine at psci.net >Harry, > >On the battery portion of your problem: > >Certain rechargeable batteries, such as nickel-cadmium types, do need to be >charged and discharged by using them to achieve full life. Letting them sit >can muck up the chemical reaction. Capacitors also should be "exercised", >and there may be one of those in your computer's charging system that has >gone bad. I don't know about that. > >Try to find a charger to use that tests the health of the battery-- if it >will take a charge and what percentage of its full charge it will take. >This will probably be an expensive unit, if you can borrow one. You might >need a charger, or you might really need a battery. No use buying the wrong >one because you don't know the status of your battery. > >David Dudine > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
