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- From: Paul.Huang@f204.n2603.z1.ieee.org (Paul Huang)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Pb100 Battery Troubles
- Message-ID: <20203.2B3D5588@zeus.ieee.org>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 23:06:00 GMT
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- On 12-21-92, AFRY@TROI.CC.ROCHESTER.ED wrote to ALL:
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- A> My brother is having trouble with his brand new PB100 battery. As
- A> soon as he unplugs the charger, the battery indicators (he has 3 of
- A> them) all drop a notch, or sometimes two, instead of showing that he
- A> retains a full charge. He also is only getting about 40 minutes of
- A> use (with conservative power habits) before he gets his first
- A> low-battery warning message.
- A>
- A> I have read a post or two from folks complaining about the lead-acid
- A> battery performance of the PB100's, and it seems like my brother's
- A> problems are not unique. Does anyone have 1) similar experiences, 2)
- A> any semi-detailed technical information about what the battery
- A> behavior should be, or 3) any work-around ideas (3rd party lead-acid
- A> or nicad batteries, power-conditioning chargers, small animal
- A> sacrifices, etc.)
- A>
-
- Alan,
-
- I don't have any technical expertise to offer, but at least I can
- sympathize (misery loves company <g>). I have very similar problems, but
- to date have not found an alternative solution. I doubt seriously that any
- third party companies will jump in to provide better batteries for the PB
- 100 since the model is now discontinued, and all the other powerbook
- models use a different battery scheme.
-
- I'd be interested if anybody else provides you with an answer. Please keep
- me posted.
-
- Good Luck!
-
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