On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Mark wrote: > Thanks for the marvelous answer. But here is my > followup: I leave the 2 batteries in my 540c in all > the time while I am using the machine at home on the > power adapter. The abtteries hardly ever discharge; in > fact, I thought I was doing right by keeping them > fully charged up. Do you mean, below, that I ought to > take the batteries out when it is plugged in?
The idea of the "Smart" batteries in the 500 series is that the chip on the batteries will control the charging and do the right thing. In general, it works well but the the software can get confused. A utility called EMMPathy can fix on chip errors and patch the "Sleep Bug" that plagues some 500 series Powerbooks. You can find EMMPathy by going here: http://hardwarehell.com/macintos.shtml and clicking on the Univ. of Michigan Macintosh Public Domain and Shareware Archive link. In the ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mac/umich/util/powerbook/ you'll find the file emmpathy2.0.sit.hqx I hope this helps, Kent Peterson Issaquah WA USA http://www.halcyon.com/peterson/rando.html -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
