Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!usc!rutgers!rochester!kodak!atexnet!pel From: pel@sunkls.UUCP (Paul Leclerc) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Zenith Supersport 286 battery Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 12:51:56 GMT References: <1990Jul17.131124.1977@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au> Sender: news@atexnet.UUCP Organization: Kodak Legal Systems Lines: 41 In-reply-to: a_schwartz@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au's message of 17 Jul 90 05:11:23 GMT In article <1990Jul17.131124.1977@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au> a_schwartz@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au writes: >The 286 is one year old; the battery has been drained and recharged yup... me too. >perhaps a dozen times. Previous to these incidents, it has lasted for >more than three hours of word processing, with lots of disc activity. Same here.... (deja vu!) >A program called "Battery Watch" version 1:00(C) has been installed on the >hard disc. It has a "Deep Discharge" feature which they claim will >"discharge the battery as deeply as possible"..."in order to remove >a memory-effect problem in a NiCad battery." I do not have the Battery >Watch manual with me. The 286 owner's manual does not tell you exactly >how to recharge the battery. >When the 286 is on battery power, and the red power light blinks and >the beeper sounds, I have tried to completely drain the battery in two >different ways: >(a)by running the machine until the screen goes blank and the power >light goes out; and >(b)by using the Battery Watch deep discharge feature to do the same thing. I have had the very same thing happen to me and I have tried the very same things you did to resolve (ie use Battery Watch) but alas, none of it has worked. I sometimes don't even get 70-80 minutes but only 20 or so. It worked great for about 8 months or so but now after a year, it really stinks. Thank God I don't use the battery all that much, but it would be nice to use it from time to time. >Thanks in advance for the rescue. I wish I could help you, but I can certainly sympathize. Paul L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Leclerc | UUCP: ...!uunet!atexnet!pel | Internet: pel@epps.kodak.com Kodak Legal Systems | "Damn good coffee"