Battery problems

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 03/12/2012 10:47 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> It is not for conditioning the battery. It is to update the battery
>> calibration.
>
> Most do this at boot so if Robert did a full power reset he should be 
> fine. There is no need to run a utility or manually run the battery down.
>
> Older, Ni-Cad, laptops did have calibration utilities in their BIOS. 
> No longer the case with Li-On.


I received a new battery from IBM.  They shipped it from the Harrisburg, 
PA warehouse to me here in Waikoloa HI (IEEE 802 plenary meeting) in 2 
days.  They included a shipping label to send back the old battery, so 
that is on its way.

After 4 hours on AC and running, the F16 battery icon is reporting 100% 
charged but showing the charging icon.  When it first showed 100%, I 
unplugged and was 'told' I ahd 3 hours battery.  That was after about  
1.5 hours charging (it came 30% charged).  WHen I unplugged a few 
minutes ago, I got 'estimating' for a couple minutes and then it came 
back with 8 hours.  I plugged back in and it is again showing 100% 
charge and charging.

No instructions or tools were included.  When I get home friday, I will 
check the battery instructions I got with the unit and figure out what I 
might do.  I really don't know how say a DOS utility would work to run 
down the battery; how do I boot DOS?  From USB? (I do have a USB 
diskette drive!)

I am also going to order a second battery tonight.  I have EU next week, 
so I want a little more insurance.