[tlinux-users:07833] Re: Problems with my satellite A105

Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> On Friday 26 May 2006 5:12 am, saba ardeshiri wrote:
>>         Hi everybody ,
>>
>>   I have 2 problems with my satellite A105-S361 in Fedora core 3:
>>
>>   1- the ethernet controller is unknown !!!(It 's Marvell)
>>
>>   2-there are some sudden shut downs for no reason !! and I never found
>>
>>   out what is going on !! . Then I can not turn it on for a coulle of
>> minutes . (I'm sure that my fedora is freebug!)
> 
> I started exercising my Battery.  It appears that just leaving the thing 
> plugged in all the time flacks out the battery or the sensors related to the 
> battery.  I actually have a service call in about the shutdowns because they 
> were also happening in WindowsXP.  However, since I have started working the 
> battery they have stopped.  
> I'll leave the laptop running and unplugged until the thing is about ready to 
> shut down because of low power, and then plug it in.  I have been able to put 
> the laptop under some very heavy loads with no recurrence of the sudden 
> shutdowns.
> 
According to the manual, you should do a full cycle of the battery
monthly. They also do not recommend leaving the laptop plugged in
after the battery is fully changed when you are not using the laptop...

Mikkel
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