Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:49:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: laptop problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911010847480.27564-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199911011532.IAA06920@harmony.village.org>
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911011352370.1148-100000@brunte.ispra.webweaving.org> Dirk-Willem van Gulik writes: > : I've had this quite a few time's when you leave it for a long time on and > : plugged in. Eacht time the problem solved itself with a bit of time and > : completely taking out the battery, unplugging all, waiting for a few hours > : and putting it all together again. > > OK. I took the battery out of the laptop. I then disconnected the > wall wart from the wall and from the laptop. I'll let you know how it > turns out. I also hit reset a few times before removing the battery > to see if that made a difference, but it didn't help. > > My system time as also an hour off just before it happened, but no > calcrtu messages... Hm.. I wonder if the VAIOs don't trickle-charge the battery when they're plugged in. I think my Digital laptop does this: If you leave it plugged in for a week you get a shorter-than-normal battery cycle. The battery & power managemnet controllers on laptops have a surprising lack of intelligence, I've found. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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