It doesn't charge, or power the computer for any discernible time. (i.e. if I unplug the computer turns off immediately as if I had unplugged a desktop) BTW, Dell's website claims that Li-Ion do not have the memory problem.
* Michael Halcrow [Fri, 7 Feb 2003 at 08:02 -0700] > You may be able to extend its charge by repeatedly fully draining and > charging the battery. This tends to clear any chemical blockages in the > cells that may be limiting the amount of energy the battery can hold. > You need to do it continually for about 36 hours to have the maximum > effect. As far as I know, this technique works with Li-Ion, NiMh and > NiCad batteries. Depending on how bad the blockage is, you may need to > use special equipment to do it right :-( > > Mike -- Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
