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>>It can be helpful for the older (type II, Ni-Cad) batteries, Type III
>>batteries (Ni-MH) don't have a 'memory effect', so battery reconditioning
>>does nothing for them. Apple's official word on that was "it can't
>>hurt", so they left it in as an option. My experience is it can hurt. I
>>had a working 280c, fresh off Ebay, but the battery was dead. I saw the
>>battery conditioning program and thought, 'woo-hoo maybe I can save this
>>battery.' and ran it. Upon trying to awake the duo, very bad news. I
>>get the chime and happy mac,then the hard drive spins up, makes a little
>>noise, spins down, over and over. So either the hard drive failed
>>coincidentally with the battery reconditioning, or battery reconditioning
>>killed it. If you have type III or type IV batteries, I wouldn't
>>recommend it. Even with type II batteries, letting the battery fully
>>discharge is the same thing as reconditioning.
It's been my experience that battery reconditioning is just a placebo. Most
NiMH batteries are bascially goners after a year or less of use. Within that
year, the battery reconditioner may help to preserve the life span, but after
that, chunk it.
Tyler Joshua Hamilton
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