From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 1 14:50:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7DC16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 14:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42BD43D31 for ; Sat, 1 May 2004 14:50:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from the_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com) Received: from the_mip_rvl [131.211.108.34] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Sat, 01 May 2004 23:50:22 +0200 From: "The MiP RvL" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 23:50:22 +0200 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: the_mip_rvl MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1083448222.af59a71cthe_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Re: Laptop ACPI question X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 21:50:20 -0000 >I will have to try Linux or Windows if I can't get FreeBSD ACPI working an= d >see if it gets me any more battery life I guess! Such a shame, it doesn't >seem that bad of a laptop for what I want... but if I have to use it on mains it's not as useful as it could be! I have a P1 300mhz, which had no battery life left, except from running from one power outlet to the other. What I did, I found an old ibook battery, the cells were just fine, except = for the electronics. I got the Li-Ion cells out and soldered them onto the battery electronics o= f laptop, and Lo and behold, it worked. Li-ion cells have about 3,6 volts, you need to have the same amount of cell= s as your old battery though. I now get about 2,5 to 3 hours of battery life, doing basic stuff. Regards, -Roland