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Ditto that remark. I think Ezserve is feeding you a line.
Mitchell
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Subject: Re: TP 701 battery gauge
Author: Michael Cummings <michael@saturn.darcars.net> at Internet
Date: 4/7/97 6:54 PM
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Raymond Arritt wrote:
> The battery gauge on my Thinkpad 701C always reads 0 (zero) percent
> regardless of how much the battery is really charged up. IBM Support
> says this is because I have a NiMH battery and the BIOS only knows
> about NiCads. I'm a bit skeptical, because it always reads zero on
> the old NiCad also -- Support's explanation was "you have an old
> NiCad battery that's probably dead."
Well I have 2 NiMH batteries for my 701 and both of then show just
fine on the gauge.
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Subject: Re: TP 701 battery gauge
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