battery issue -

bmc5311 · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:00 am Post subject: battery issue -

please see my post on the eeebuntu forum -

http://forum.eeebuntu.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4773

should i send it back or ignore the warning?
it's charging now, i'm going to let it full discharge again and see what happens...
the new battery lasted almost 10 hours (idling over night...)

Kat · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject:

So what have you figured out on this issue?
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fgleich · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

I'm wondering also Su.
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bmc5311 · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

nuttin' yet - just posted this on CL -

advertised as a 10 cell high capacity 12,000mAh battery
- fully charge i get a warning telling me it it has "a very low capacity 15% and may be old or broken."
- i run acpi -i and it tells me the design capacity is 65,450 mAh and the last full charge was 10,303 mAh.

it holds a charge for 8+ hours (lasted 10 in low power mode, not sleeping)

the machine is an eeepc 1000h (if that matters)

is the battery junk? or is it not being read correctly because it's a 3rd party made in china battery?

fgleich · Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

bmc, what's the make and model of the battery ?

I had thought that the batteries would be in a list like the other devices are, like in /usr/share/pci.ids, but they are not. It looks as if it's the job of ACPI to communicate with the battery and get all the info.
See this URL for some information:

http://www.acpi.info/spec.htm

The battery info starts at 3.9, and is quite extensive. I'm guessing that there's nothing wrong with the battery, maybe it ( the laptop - you installed the os with the old battery in it, and then changed the battery, right ? ) just needs to be 'zeroed' somehow, but then again, I really don't know. Perhaps a tech at the computer store could answer that question.

wish I knew more about this

edit: maybe you could switch it out to another machine and test it that way ? just a thought.
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bmc5311 · Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:02 am Post subject:

ya, was messing around with acpi last night, until my eyes crossed and i had to go to bed..

the company is sending me another battery, we'll see how that one goes.. more to follow, stay tuned to this channel for the next episode of billy's battery adventures!

starsunflower · Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:

I'm glad you contacted the company. I haven't had any probs with mine. I still haven't installed eeebuntu on it. *sigh* Been too busy. Also thinking of giving it to my mom as she does not yet do computers. I'd love to be able to send her emails, pics, etc.

I think that getting a replacement is a good idea. Keep us posted!
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