On Sunday 03 February 2002 04:52 pm, you wrote: > Have you changed your OS or APM lately? I had an Acer that worked > great with Win95.
Yup. Changed from Windows ME to Mandrake 8.1. Here's another funny thing. When I unplug the main power, apm -v still reports being on AC power. I upgraded to Win98 and the _next day_ I started > to experience symptons similar to what you described (runs for 5 > minutes - then the APM shuts the computer down). I never did > solve the problem (tried to uninstall 98, with no luck) - fortunately > the computer was no longer needed for mobile use. > > M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote: > > Can anyone help me determine if a laptop battery is dead? > > > > Symptoms: > > > > 1. Laptop runs no longer than 5 minutes without AC > > 2. cat /proc/apm gives this: 1.14 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ? > > 3. apm -v gives this : > > APM BIOS 1.2 (kernel driver 1.14) > > AC on-line, no system battery > > 4. battery is installed > > 5. charging light goes out pretty quickly after being reinstalled > > ********************************* > Chris Merrill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************* > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
