Re: No battery information - Compaq Evo N800v, 2.4.20pre8, acpi 20021002

[Bob Lees <bob-l+PWtdWbHAsG2Il/BtU0GPXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>]

Alexander

On my 800c running 2.4.19 SUSE 8.1 with 0918 patch and my modified DSDT I get 
the following:

present:                 yes
design capacity:         4114 mAh
last full capacity:      4114 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          14800 mV
design capacity warning: 411 mAh
design capacity low:     0 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  100 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  100 mAh
model number:            Primary
serial number:           3
battery type:            4E4F494C
OEM info:                 COMPAQ

with AC plugged in a full battery

present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          unknown
present rate:            0 mA
remaining capacity:      4114 mAh
present voltage:         16633 mV

with AC removed and a near full battery

present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          discharging
present rate:            1105 mA
remaining capacity:      4074 mAh
present voltage:         16227 mV

I get 3+ hours out of a full battery.

I use my laptop similar to you as a portable desk machine, ie it spends most 
of its time plugged into AC.

I also have klaptopdaemon working, edited the current acpi proc tree into 
portable.cpp in the source.

I have not gone down the 2.4.20 route, but will have to shortly as I need the 
updated usb support.  I was waiting until it appeared stable, but I guess i 
will have to bit the bullet and try it.  Since working through the various 
issues a while back I have a stable acpi install.  About the only area I 
don't have working is the speedstep switching from P0 to P1; it always 
reports P0.

I concur, beefy is a good description, but a lot less weight than a number of 
the alternatives, and you forgot the 1600x1200 screen - very nice;)

Hope this helps

Bob

On Friday 03 January 2003 07:59, Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote:
> Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org> writes:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > present:                 yes
> > > design capacity:         1918 mAh
> > > last full capacity:      1918 mAh
> > > battery technology:      rechargeable
> > > design voltage:          14800 mV
> > > design capacity warning: 192 mAh
> >
> > 2Ah seems quite low, but as you have 15V
> > battery its 30Wh, which might be okay for
> > *small* notebook.
>
> Evo n800c is not a *small* notebook, its a pretty beefy thing and the
> biggest beast Compaq could conjure up this summer :) P4-1.7GHz, 768Mb
> RAM and a 30Gb disk and a nice ATI Radeon 7500 to boot :)
>
> > > And it's been a long time since I've had much physics, but the design
> > > capacity doesn't seem right to me. I'm able to run about 13-14 mins on
> > > battery, before the machine dies, from a fully charged battery.
> >
> > Perhaps your battery is too old these days?
>
> Not even six months, and not many cycles as its used mainly as a
> portable desktop.
>
> > --
> > 				Pavel
> > Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you
> > don't need...



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