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

[Alexander Hoogerhuis <alexh-rpjHciJLgqZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

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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