Re: Re (3): low battery shutdown

2016-03-02 Thread James Cameron
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:34:28PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In a second test, using the machine without > external power, the warningless shutdown happened > at about 25% charge level. That's an improvement, but it could be random. > From: Richard Smith , Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:45:14 -050

Re (3): low battery shutdown

2016-03-02 Thread peter
In a second test, using the machine without external power, the warningless shutdown happened at about 25% charge level. From: Richard Smith , Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:45:14 -0500 > As others have said your battery is probably just showing its age. 1.5 > was built in 2010-2011 so unless you got a

Re (3): low battery shutdown

2016-03-02 Thread peter
In a second test, using the machine without external power, the warningless shutdown happened at about 25% charge level. From: Richard Smith , Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:45:14 -0500 > As others have said your battery is probably just showing its age. 1.5 > was built in 2010-2011 so unless you got a

Re: Re (2): low battery shutdown

2016-03-01 Thread Richard Smith
> OK, thanks. From: James Cameron , Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:18:55 +1100 If a couple of full charge and discharge cycles don't fix the inconsistency, the battery is close to end of usable life. I agree with Paul that power-logs will be useful if Peter wants to dive deeper into the technical cause

Re (2): low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread peter
From: Mike Dee , Mon, 22 Feb 2016 06:22:05 -0800 > contacts that electrically connect the battery to the > laptop.* Dried green crystals have been spotted around the connector > ... contacts that electrically connect the battery to the > laptop.* Dried green crystals have been spotted around the

Re: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:15:54AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:12 AM, <[1]pe...@easthope.ca> wrote: > > When my XO 1.5 shows about 33% charge, the system shuts > down with no warning.  This is normal behaviour? > > Not normal behaviour. It is consistent with

Re: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread Mike Dee
p://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_Keyboard>. > Touchscreen > > See the Touchscreen section > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_Touchscreen>. > USB > > If you are having problems with the USB interfaces on an XO laptop, see > the USB diagnostics section >

Re: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:12 AM, wrote: > > > When my XO 1.5 shows about 33% charge, the system shuts > > down with no warning. This is normal behaviour? > > > Not normal behaviour. It is consistent with a battery that has reached the > end of its usable/reliable life _

Re: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread Mike Dee
s section <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_USB>. On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Mike Dee wrote: > > -- Forwarded message ------ > From: Mike Dee > Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:22 AM > Subject: Re: low battery shutdown > To: pe...@easthope.ca &

Fwd: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread Mike Dee
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Dee Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 6:22 AM Subject: Re: low battery shutdown To: pe...@easthope.ca You might need "batman". http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Troubleshooting_Battery Start here *First, take a quick look at the battery, espe

Re: low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:12 AM, wrote: > When my XO 1.5 shows about 33% charge, the system shuts > down with no warning. This is normal behaviour? Not normal behaviour. It is consistent with a battery that has reached the end of its usable/reliable life _or_ a battery that has unbalanced cell

low battery shutdown

2016-02-22 Thread peter
When my XO 1.5 shows about 33% charge, the system shuts down with no warning. This is normal behaviour? I'd expect the system to allow the battery to reach a lower charge and ultimately warn the user that shutdown will be necessary after a predicted lapse. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_a