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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 10-08-2007, 12:27 AM   #1
burninGpi
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Why is my laptop battery working RIGHT?


Yes, you read the title properly -- my laptop's battery is working perfectly.

Almost a year ago, the laptop fell in a pile of snow. I've had to have it plugged in all the time. If I unplugged it, the laptop would flash the battery charging light (this model uses that to indicate that the battery has very little or no charge, or is not attached to the laptop), and hard shutdown. This made it impossible to re-calibrate the battery. Today, however, the battery lasted almost two hours before it shutdown. Does anyone know why this could happen?
 
Old 10-09-2007, 03:57 AM   #2
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I guess probably the problem come from the kernel. For some laptop which come with buggy bios, the kernel won't detect correctly and keep sending incorrect instruction to your hardware.
 
  


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