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ultrabay battery question/concern
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:11 pm
by dsigma6
i noticed today that i cant boot up if i have the ultrabay battery installed- i assumed that i could boot with only the ultrabay battery, or at least with the regular battery and the 2nd, but it only boots off the the main battery.
is this just how it is, or is something wrong with my computer/2nd battery?
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:50 pm
by NS
Which computer of yours cannot boot up from ultrabay battery?
I am not sure. I did a google and believed that it might be you never set your BIOS to detect the ultrabay battery.
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:18 am
by dsigma6
im talking about my r40.
i didnt think it would require me to do anything with the bios. and last night it seemed to be reporting weird numbers through battery maximizer.
it was draining the main battery first, but i thought it was supposed to drain the ultrabay first...
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:12 pm
by davidspalding
Never tried booting off my Ultrabay Slim battery ... but normally, Power Manager drains the Ultrabay battery FIRST.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:03 am
by smids
davidspalding wrote:Never tried booting off my Ultrabay Slim battery ... but normally, Power Manager drains the Ultrabay battery FIRST.
Same - if you press the eject release lever and have it sticking out, the battery, whislt still connected, doesn't drain until the main one runs out
.
BTW, how do you see your time left instead of percentage (as in your picture)?
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:35 pm
by davidspalding
I tried booting off an Ultrabay Slim battery without a main battery - it fails.
The time remaining is a feature of Power Manager for T43: right-click and select "show remaining time as..." Not an option on Battery Maximizer.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:10 pm
by thibouille27
smids wrote:
BTW, how do you see your time left instead of percentage (as in your picture)?
Click on the battery you'll see the option
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:30 pm
by smids
I installed the Power Manager on my T41 despite it not being listed on the compatible list and it works fine and I now have the time displayed
. Many thanks.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:41 pm
by thibouille27
Yeah, did the same for my X23. Works pretty well
Re: ultrabay battery question/concern
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:09 pm
by davidspalding
dsigma6 wrote:i noticed today that i cant boot up if i have the ultrabay battery installed- i assumed that i could boot with only the ultrabay battery, or at least with the regular battery and the 2nd, but it only boots off the the main battery.
Rereading this, do I understand that you can't boot with both the primary and the Ultrabay battery in? If so, that's wrong. I boot with both batteries installed 70% of the time.