From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from paperstreet.colino.net (colino.net [213.41.131.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C62A22BD46 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:35:34 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:34:32 +0200 From: Colin Leroy To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Message-ID: <20041019083432.01b947d3@pirandello> In-Reply-To: <1098143379.18687.44.camel@gaston> References: <20041018232004.0a9e0d5e@jack.colino.net> <1098143379.18687.44.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-dev Subject: Re: PMU questions List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 19 Oct 2004 at 09h10, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Hi Ben, thanks for your answer! > Happens all the time on Apple laptops lately. My tipb battery is now > half of it's capacity. Browse the archives on the web, you'll see that > it's a common disease with those. Ah, nice ("nice") to know... It looks like the more these batteries are "smart", the faster they get fucked up... > You can try the following: disable pmud & pbbuttonsd, and let the > machine on & drain the battery until it shuts down by itself (empty > battery). Do_not_ let it go to sleep or whatever pmud does when it > thinks your battery is closed to exhausted. Drain the battery > completely. You mean until the laptop shuts down by itself ? > Then, do a full charge, and drain it again completely. > Do that a few times. Without resetting the PMU ? > If that doesn't help, then I'm afraid you have to > ask apple for a replacement battery. Yes, I think I'll do this. For the record, I found compatible batteries a little less pricey than Apple's ones here: http://store.craytonelectronics.com/apibba2.html -- Colin