Ah, but there's no place like home. What did she do, leave it
outside? Or live in a house without AC? I can see that happening in
a case like that. Mold is a MAJOR problem down here. It does seem
to love to live inside electronics that 'live' outside. I saw a TV
that a neighbor
Hi Clem
If you are still getting 1 hr from the first battery and you use the
mac like that then (that is great not good)
To get better life try this.
Go the the system prefs and select the energy saver settings, Then
click the options tab.
select the 1st and 2nd of the other options then
Clem,
Vicki's suggestions are good for maximizing usage.
Sounds like your battery has lost a little of it's
original lifespan which is not abnormal for an older
battery.
Off the top of my head, I'd guesstimate that you
probably had more like 2 hours when it was new.
I'm a firm believer in
This email is getting long enough for now ;-) If you
don't know how to cycle charge a battery, let me know
and I'll email you the steps.
ok, I'd be interested in that.
Any remedy to the common problem to have the pb going to sleep without
warning while advertising the battery with some 40%
Hi Vicki and Sionach
I have followed your suggestions to the letter and hope to get more
on this. I will keep you informed of the success.
I think one of the reasons why my battery does not stay as long as
two hours is the reason cited below by Sionach. -- allowing the
laptop plugged
I'm going to second Sionnach's comment about making sure you use the battery
on a regular basis. After a year of use, my Thinkpad's battery lasts just
as long now as it did when new - about 90 minutes. My co-worker, who got
his laptop about the same time, gets maybe 20 minutes...but he uses his
On Nov 27, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Clem Bacani wrote:
I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the
battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that
normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to recondition my
battery? What steps will I take to maximize
