From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rich Townsend Subject: Re: Is it possible for ACPI to blow up the battery? Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:41:17 -0500 Message-ID: <41FA4F0D.2050104@bartol.udel.edu> References: <41F7FD56.8090309@calt129.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41F7FD56.8090309-iP/H7R5l9gZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?C=FCneyt?= Cc: Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org C=FCneyt wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > It may be really a dumb question, but I've really no idea. >=20 > I have a Samsung P10 and found at behnel.de & SF-ACPI page some=20 > instructions to patch the DSDT table under Suse 9.1pro. I followed thos= e=20 > as close as I can and I guess ACPI works somehow. Well, wakeup after=20 > sleep and CPU-throttling doesn't work though :( >=20 > Now to my dismay the battery stopped charging at all, it is completely=20 > empty. No matter what I do, it doesn't get charged. The battery is abou= t=20 > 2 yrs old but was pretty OK before, i.e. lasted about 1.5 hrs unplugged= .=20 > Is it possible for DSDT patches to blow up the battery & charging units= =20 > or you think the battery's (physically) died all of a sudden? Can I make a gess that your battery is Lithium Ion? LiIon batteries=20 typically last for 2 years *after manufacture*, irrespective of how many=20 times they are charged and/or discharged. See: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm It may be that your battery has reached the end of its life, nothing to=20 do with ACPI. cheers, Rich ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl