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

Ben Armstrong synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
Wed Mar 11 09:59:45 UTC 2009


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



More information about the Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list