Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 23:03:09 +0100 From: "Markie" <mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com> To: "The MiP RvL" <the_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Laptop ACPI question Message-ID: <005701c42fc8$1798a1a0$f700000a@ape> References: <1083448222.af59a71cthe_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "The MiP RvL" <the_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 10:50 PM Subject: Re: Re: Laptop ACPI question |>I will have to try Linux or Windows if I can't get FreeBSD ACPI working and |>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 of laptop, and Lo |and behold, it worked. |Li-ion cells have about 3,6 volts, you need to have the same amount of cells as your old |battery though. | |I now get about 2,5 to 3 hours of battery life, doing basic stuff. Wow! That's pretty brave of you doing something like that. I thought Li-ion cells had to be from the same batch or there is a risk of fire or something? I don't think the battery in this is a Li-ion one though :os I think it's one of those plain normal batteries, whatever they are? Maybe I could do the same thing ish with another normal battery cell? An actual replacement battery is £70... rather expensive!! | |Regards, | | -Roland _______________________________________________ freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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