On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 11:02, Andrei Raevsky wrote: > Hi, > > This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and not > with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks > around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of > etiquette: > > I was given an old Quantex N30W-15 (on which Mandrake 9 runs without any > problems, by the way - except for the Winmodem which one can easily fix with > the RPMs available on the Linmodem.org site). It runs on a BAT30WL Lithium > Ion Battery (rated 11.1V-4800mAh). > > I used my laptop at home 99% of the time so I do not need to run it on > batteries. > > How should I best use this battery? Should I keep it plugged in and > constanting charging, should I always use it on battery and thereby empty > the battery daily, or is there anything else I should do to maximize my > battery's life? > > Thanks in advance for your advice and sorry for the off-topic question, > > Andrei >
Just about once a month, discharge the batter completely and let it recharge - that should keep it alive for longer...(at least that's what we used to do at MCI) -- Sun Dec 8 11:10:00 EST 2002 11:10am up 13:08, 4 users, load average: 1.04, 0.82, 0.74 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn "Remind me not to fix mtrr.c after half a litre of wine in future." - Alan Cox
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