VOLLMER wrote: >I have had my 5500/200 for going on 8 years now. I have always had it >set up so that I could turn it ON and Off from the keyboard. This means >the 110 volt plug is always hot -- the battery is being trickle >charged. If not, it would have died a long time ago. Altho it crashes >on me regularly, I have never had to do anything but push the reset >button to get it back on. I have three hard drives hooked into it with >about 50 jillion programs. It has probably got at least five sets of >start-up info stored in it here and there. I would crash too if >overloaded like that. Bottom line, STARMAXES, at least 5500s trickle >charge their batteries and if treated properly and no infant mortatitly, >the battery will last far beyond the expected useful life to the >machine. Motorola builds good shit (or at least used to). > >Respectfully, Don Vollmer > > > > I'm afraid I can't agree. A chemical battery has a shelf life--the time its internal connections and chemistry are present and working properly. Trickle charging has almost nothing to do with that. When internal contamination occurs, the battery doesn't have its rated voltage and charging won't return it.
What you're confusing is having the separate 5v circuit always connected because the Max is plugged in. That will carry the PRAM forward, and you're resetting the CUDA switch regularly is very likely a strong indication that the battery.has long since fizzled. Motorola may build good shit, bit it has no patent on immortality. (Besides, don't they just make the machines? And aren't the machines really Apple? And neither makes batteries?) Bob Wulkowicz -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
