well then... I got nothin. -wes
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> wrote: > sorry, forgot to mention it was plugged in all night. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wouldn't assume that based on just unplugging the power right away. I > > would let it try to charge for a few hours before pulling the plug. > > > > Even a good battery will discharge sitting on the shelf. > > > > -wes > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > OK, so there's DEFINITELY something wrong with the laptop side of the > > > equation. Tried the old battery, which the laptop still ran on > > originally, > > > (and it was stored charged), and upon installation, turn it on, plugged > > > into > > > mains power. Unplug mains power, laptop shuts off immediately. Thing > > is, > > > it's a Sager 2200T. Can one still get parts (IE: a motherboard) for > > these? > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I bought the replacement pack from an OEM supplier, build quality was > > > > identical if not better, capacity was almost 1 Ah better, > (measureable, > > > not > > > > just that they tweaked the sticker), etc... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM, m0gely <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> wes wrote: > > > >> > You are correct, those are very interesting points. If your > > > >> understanding of > > > >> > the connector is correct, you should be able to recondition the > > cells > > > >> > individually. Or, if you can use a tester to find the bad one, > just > > > >> > recondition that one. > > > >> > > > > >> > If it's less than a year old, I would suspect a manufacturing > defect > > > in > > > >> the > > > >> > battery. Wouldn't be the first time... > > > >> > > > >> If you have a laptop battery that holds a charge at the 10 year mark > > you > > > >> are by far the exception. Almost any laptop I've ever seen at 4 to 5 > > > >> years, if the battery works at all it's usually around 10 to 15 > > minutes > > > >> of run time. > > > >> > > > >> And on another note, eBay is a Chinese flea market for laptop > > batteries, > > > >> no matter how genuine the auction says it is. If you get an actual > > > >> genuine battery from eBay you got very lucky. Check this out: > > > >> > > > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260370980796 > > > >> > > > >> FAKE! I know, I got one. And what's that, 9 some odd pages of images > > and > > > >> text convincing you otherwise. See how the battery says made in > China > > in > > > >> two spots yet the country code says KR? Or how about the Rev A00 not > > > >> matching the white label? Capitalized mAH, should be mAh. And yet > the > > > >> battery I got, which said made in Japan, was one digit off on the > > serial > > > >> number from the Chinese version in the picture, *one digit off in > the > > > >> middle*! The manufacturing quality sucked in comparison to my > original > > > >> too. > > > >> > > > >> </rant> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> m0gely > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> PLUG mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
