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760XD Battery Monitor
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:20 pm
by chuckster
anyone know why my 760XD battery monitor lcd would display garbage? it worked not to long ago...not sure what happened. it sems each time i boot it displays different garbage.
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:13 pm
by Bruce Guttman
Do the other LCD functions work OK (CAPS, Num, disk and floppy indicators)? If so, it may be a bad battery. If not, the LCD itself may be bad.
Hope this helps.
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:29 pm
by chuckster
yes - CAPS, Num, disk and floppy indicators all work properly. it's the original LiOn battery though. Battery life is very short (1 minute?).
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:55 am
by Bruce Guttman
When you say battery life is short, do you mean the computer actually shuts down after about a minute, or that you get a low battery?
If this is the original LiIon battery, it is probably kaput. You might want to try to find another. If a known good battery restores the LCD operation, then you know the battery was dead.
The NiMH batteries used to have a switch on them; if you turned it off, the battery was disconnected. But the NiMH batteries aren't strong enough to power the 760EL, ED, XL, or XD models. They were for the C's and L's.
Hope this helps.
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:00 pm
by chuckster
laptop only runs a couple of minutes on battery power before shutting down. i'm to cheap to replace it...am i damaging the laptop by continuing to use this lousy battery?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:04 pm
by Bruce Guttman
You won't damage the laptop by using the battery provided it still works to some degree.
I have been told that running a fully dead battery is worse than running with no battery (and the AC adapter).
Hope this helps
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:15 pm
by chuckster
thank you bruce !