13 Aug
2003
13 Aug
'03
9:36 p.m.
If a Li-Ion battery pack is not working, get a replacement, or have it
rebuilt
by pros.
If you have never seen a Li-Ion cell explode (I do mean explode), then
you have
no idea how much power is in there.
Personally, I'd NEVER allow them to be charged on aircraft. Li-ion
cells are
highly explosive!
John Ruschmeyer wrote:
On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 08:38 PM, Fred N. van
Kempen wrote:
Shitty thing is... (a) the battery pack seems to
have died, and
(b) I lost my copy of the SystemCD for reinstalling the system
onto it. Not a very big deal, I guess, but having it would be
nice.
Soo... anyone have of these gathering dust somewhere?
Lappy is a P8X/LYS5133 (P5/133 model, 16MB) with the 7.2V/3300mAh
stick-shape LiIon battery pack (FR-PCP8H-AB)
Personally, I wouldn't give up on the battery yet. I've got an older
Dell here (P100SD- P5/100) which still holds >90% of its original
charge. My suspicion is that the charge is so low that the internal
charging circuit won't give it a full charge. (Does it try to charge
the battery and then stop?) You may need to remove/insert/remove the
battery several times to build up a small base charge before the
laptop will charge it to full power.
<<<john>>>