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- From: rlap2@fel.tno.nl (R.Laterveer)
- Subject: Re: My Duo Battery Problem
- Organization: TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:33:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.123328.17837@fel.tno.nl>
- References: <48260004@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <1993Jan21.193806.4613@athena.mit.edu> <43953@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
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- fairchil@helix.ucsd.edu (Kevin Fairchild) writes:
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-
- >From fairchil Sat Jan 23 23:32:17 1993
-
- >After getting quite annoyed at having about a 1 minute charge left on my
- >battery, and no luck with the recharger, (and irritated that I'd have to
- >take my machine in for service), I took the battery out to look at it. When
- >I put it back in, it started charging like a madman and has held its charge
- >since. (And yes, I am sure that it was _all_ the way in before.)
- >Silly me, I thought that for >$2000, these machines would have better
- >battery contacts than your average transistor radio.
-
- >The Moral of the Story: Check your Contacts. (And thanks to those who
- >emailed me and suggested this, even after the fact.)
-
- You should also check the switch on the Duo battery. I was
- wondering what the switch is used for and flipped the switch. After
- that the battery would not charge anymore. With the switch back
- in the old position everything worked again.
-
- >Kevin Fairchild
- >Soon-to-be-late-of-UCSD
- >I hope I get my dock before I am late-of-UCSD...
-
- Rene Laterveer
-
- PS. Having a Duo which will not start up anymore while
- its floppy adapter is still on backorder is no fun ;-[
-
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- | Rene Laterveer |
- | FEL-TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory |
- | Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research |
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