On Saturday 04 Jun 2005 20:12, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Ian wrote: > > On Saturday 04 Jun 2005 18:36, JR wrote:
> > I'd expect a laptop to last at least 5 years without repair. > > Either you are extremely ham fisted or you bought a dud. > > Laptop batteries aren't known for longevity, although completely > > discharging them is a sure recipe for failures (the charger usually can't > > bring it back up from zero). > > I find this interesting, because the directions for the Li-Ion pack for > my Thinkpad recoment doing a full cycle to full discharge, and then full > recharge every 3 months. The instructions for the Ni-Cad recoment doing > it at least monthly. I am not sure about systems using Ni-MH batteries... Yeah, thats what the instructions here said as well.......... Full discharge (left on by mistake a couple of times) resulted in the pack not working . The manufacturers agents claimed this caused the failure and advised us not to let it go 10%. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://www.bbfordoonvalley.co.uk Surfing happily on Mandriva LE2005 No Micro$oft here -- 23:22:03 up 4 days, 14:54, 1 user, load average: 2.08, 1.59, 1.32
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