[Debian-eeepc-devel] Battery run time and charge

[Michael Pobega]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:59:45AM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:55:41 -0400
> Michael Pobega <pobega at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 05:37:15PM +0000, zongo saiba wrote:
> > > - What bothers me the most is that if I do not use my eeepc, I drain
> > > out the battery in about 2 days. The eeepc being completely off of
> > > course. Could anyone tell me what is going on and how could I fix that
> > > problem ?
> > 
> > That's a hardware problem, having to do with the motherboard and the
> > Celeron chip in the Eee. There's really no good fix for it, unless you
> > are willing to void your warranty.
> 
> That's not true.  If you're not going to use your Eee for a couple of
> days, simply remove the battery before storage.  It shouldn't lose its
> charge rapidly while unplugged.
> 
> Ben
> 

That's a workaround -- not a fix.

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