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From: limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Hui Lin Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Battery, memory, and disk info for the T1000SE
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Date: 1 Feb 91 03:27:49 GMT
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With reference to my earlier notes regarding batteries overheating,
tonys@Corp.Sun.COM (Tony Scott) was kind enough to give me more info.

Basically the problem seems to stem from the fact that the control of
the charging current is (apparently) done by the PC itself and it uses
the "value" of the battery gauge to determine when it should switch to
trickle charge mode.  As a result, if the PC doesn't know the state of
the battery (if you've just put it in or if the PC hasn't been used
for so long that all the batteries are completely flat), then it may
allow the "quick charging" to go on for too long (and the battery
LED will stay orange).  Tony also pointed out that dead or half dead
batteries will not charge if you tell the system that the battery is
fully charged.

Therefore (assuming that all the above assuptions are indeed correct)
you should set the battery gauge to a higher value than what you
believe the battery to be charged to and let the PC figure out the
correct value (as it does when the battery gets low).

Hope this helps those who've been sending me mail..

HuiLin
limhl@hpsgm2.hp.com