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Is this for any TP/battery combination? I'm specifically interested in the TP701/NiMH combination. TIA On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 emr@teamquest.com wrote: > Yes. It's the Fuel Guage program in the ThinkPad (Group). It will discharge the > battery. Like you said, it needs to be done periodically, usually when you > notice battery life dimishing. You can also do it from the command line using > PS2 DISCHARGE. > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re: ThinkPad Battery Question > Author: Bill Berry <w-berry@nwu.edu> at Gateway > Date: 10/24/96 1:33 PM > > > I used to have a PowerBook 5300 (yeah, yeah I know...), and with PowerBooks > you can reset the power manager, or battery manager, or whatever, and use a > utility that drains the battery completely and recharges it. This keeps the > battery from wearing out prematurely from the constant charging. > > Is there anything similar for the ThinkPad? Does IBM have any advice about > battery usage and maintenance? > > > > >At 11:49 AM 10/23/96 -0700, P.van Schijndel wrote: > >>I have an IBM 360CSE for about a year and a half. The battery life has > >>gradually declined to the point that after only 70 seconds without any disk > >>access (just typing this message, in fact, pulling the plug, and waiting) > >>the > >>ThinkPad beeps to signal low battery power, and 60 seconds after that, the > >>ThinkPad beeps its final warning. > >> > >>What's wrong? Is my battery toast? Is there anything I can do to save it? > > > > Sounds like it to me. > > > > I'm surprised its toast after only a year and a half though. > >Usually you can expect 2+ years before it gets anything like that--even with > >fairly heavy use. > > > > Did you leave it plugged in a lot and did it "cycle" (discharge to > >about 90% and then re-charge--constantly)? My 750 did that--it was a *very* > >bad idea to leave it plugged in with the battery inside. All that constant > >cycling got the battery into an early grave. > > > >------- > >Randy Whittle rwhittle@usa.net > >USC Graduate School of Business http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle > > "If you've been in the game for 30 minutes and still don't know who > >is the patsy...*YOU* are the patsy." - Warren Buffet > > > > > > ******************************************************************************** > > Bill Berry > Program Assistant > Records Department > > Office of Undergraduate Admission > 1801 Hinman Avenue > Evanston, IL 60208 > > Phone: 847-467-1918 > Email: w-berry@nwu.edu > > > >