Power Management problem when battery charge level is critically low
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Mon Sep 22 13:00:11 UTC 2008
Derek Broughton wrote:
> Pastor JW wrote:
>
>
>> On Sunday 21 September 2008 3:20:27 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>>> Sergio Belkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2008/9/20 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>>>>
>>>>> And I have to report that, having given instructions that had always
>>>>> worked for me before, on Thursday I had accidentally pulled out my
>>>>> power connection and had my system suddenly stop when the battery went
>>>>> dead, without running hibernate as it should...
>>>>>
>> I set mine to power down with only ten minutes of time remaining on the
>> battery. Is this a poor move?
>>
>
> I think it basically comes down to the battery not having a clue how much
> time it really has remaining. I had mine set to 10 minutes, but last time
> I checked, it _said_ a fully charged battery had less than 20 minutes
> charge - the battery's not young, but it's still _actually_ giving me 2
> hours.
>
I recall when National Airport had free WiFi and you could work on
your lap-top waiting for a plane. I bet that is no longer available :-)
My Sony laptop with a Lithium ion battery would last 2 hours and
then die in a sudden bad sound and bad turn off. In Dallas if you were
lucky you could plug in to a wall outlet, but no free Internet.
Karl
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