From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Fri Apr 23 2004 - 13:55:21 PDT
On Apr 23, 2004, at 12:28 PM, Sean Cross wrote:
> <snip>I dropped the battery pack onto
> a tile floor from about three feet up, several times.
ridiculous! I guess you woke up the electrons!
>
> The end result is that I now have a battery pack that works reasonably
> well. The battery meter isn't very reliable, as it tends to creep
> towards 30%, staying there for the majority of its life, before
> suddenly dropping to 15%.
If the dropping trick is an indicator I would dump that battery ASAP.
>
> I actually experienced similar results with a powerbook 5300 battery
> that didn't work.
that's insane. Must be a loose connection that is being jogged.
>
> Aside from the possibility of cracking the batteries, is this a bad
> idea?
>
Totally, since it does no good whatsoever and is likely to do harm.
Marty
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