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From: jstone@world.std.com (Jeffrey R Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: T1000 Problem
Message-ID: <1990Aug4.021018.7888@world.std.com>
Date: 4 Aug 90 02:10:18 GMT
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djb@well.sf.ca.us (David Jospeh Brightbill) writes:


>I have a Toshiba T1000 which went into storage working but came out behaving
>weirdly.  The symptoms are  that when you power up the machine, the battery
>led glows red for about 1 second and goes off.  Then nothing happens.  This
>is with the A/C supply plugged in or not plugged in.  I am wondering if
>the nicads may be so fried that the system can't get the juice to run.  
>The manual does not mention this problem.  Any suggestions/hints welcome.

My system does that when I let the NiCads go flat, which I do regularly
so they won't get too lazy.  Sometimes the machine has to be plugged in
to the charger for a few minutes (with the power turned switch off) before
it will wake up and boot.  On mine it is usually on the order of 30 - 90
seconds.  Hope this helps; dead cells are a drag.

-jeff-