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From: hals@hpuecoa.HP.COM (HAL SHEARER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Problem with HP 110
Message-ID: <290001@hpuecoa.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 88 16:50:37 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Englewood, CO
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>/ hpuecoa:comp.sys.hp / Jeff_LazerWolf_Bristol@cup.portal.com /  1:38 pm  Apr  1, 1988 /
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>It seems that the internal battery has a problem with its memory (I am
>just guessing but really know nothing about the battery or how it
>functions).  The problem started about a year ago when the battery
>would get down to about 70% and would warn of "low battery" and then
>shut off (as if the battery were completely gone).  As time went on,
>the problem got worse and worse until now the battery can only go down
>to 98% before it automatically shuts off!  This is after a full recharge!
.
>Is there a way to 'reinitialize' the battery or is the problem with
>the computer?  The computer does no good to me as a 'portable' with
>this problem.
.
>Jeff Bristol

The problem is that the battery is just too old.  I've been using a
110 for 2-3 years and after that amount of time my battery did the
same thing.  Our local 110 guru said that occasionally a battery will
simply 'get tired' and not hold the charge properly anymore.  This 
does not seem to happen very often, out of approx. 50 110s he supports,
he's only seen it happen a couple of times.  He suggested that I not
let the battery get so low as often, something that I had been doing
with the old battery.

Hal Shearer
hpuecoa!hals