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From: pwong@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: T1000SE battery life (Again!)
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Date: 6 Mar 91 14:44:07 GMT
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Hi, netters:

I have been using the battery for about 13 months now on my T1000SE.  Although
all along I used every precaution to use the battery from fully-charged
condition to the time when the machine shuts itself down (the THEORETICAL
full-discharged state) and also to reset the fuel gauge to absolute zero
before recharge, the battery life right now is down to 1 and 1/4 hour !
(and the machine even does not have a memory card that may drain the battery)

So, should I start considering connecting some small dc light bulb to help
the battery to discharge further (some netters mentioned earlier about doing
it to their batteries) or do nothing (other netters said Toshiba tech people
won't recommend this, although Toshiba also admits that the battery actually
still has charge by the time the machine shuts itself down).

Any experience on attempts to discharge the battery artificially is 
appreciated!

Patrick Wong

PS. If you want to know the absolute best price I have found for a 
    2mb memory card for your 1000SE/XE, drop me a line.