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Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
XP Pro
SP2

"cjf" <> wrote in message
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> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
> XP Pro
> SP2
>
Just leave it switched on till it goes flat ?.
bw..OJ

"old jon" <> wrote in message
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> "cjf" <> wrote in message
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>> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
>> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
>> XP Pro
>> SP2
>>
> Just leave it switched on till it goes flat ?.
> bw..OJ
As strange as it may seem John, I've already tried that and it doesn't
completely discharge the battery, as a result, I need some other way of
doing it!
Thanks Anyway.

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cutter, grated:

> "old jon" <> wrote in message
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>> "cjf" <> wrote in message
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>>> Is there any software about that I could use to completely
>>> discharge the battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
>>> XP Pro
>>> SP2
>>>
>> Just leave it switched on till it goes flat ?.
>> bw..OJ
> As strange as it may seem John, I've already tried that and it doesn't
> completely discharge the battery, as a result, I need some other way
> of doing it!
> Thanks Anyway.

Where would you run this software then? If the machine is shutting down
before the battery is flat you wouldn't be running it on the laptop now
would you?

Why don't you remove the battery and short the terminal with a paperclip?

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> cjf, <>, the bum-faced, sulfuretted ice-cream seller, and chaff
> cutter, grated:
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>> "old jon" <> wrote in message
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>>> "cjf" <> wrote in message
>>> news:YxOZe.19932$...
>>>> Is there any software about that I could use to completely
>>>> discharge the battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
>>>> XP Pro
>>>> SP2
>>>>
>>> Just leave it switched on till it goes flat ?.
>>> bw..OJ
>> As strange as it may seem John, I've already tried that and it doesn't
>> completely discharge the battery, as a result, I need some other way
>> of doing it!
>> Thanks Anyway.
>
> Where would you run this software then? If the machine is shutting down
> before the battery is flat you wouldn't be running it on the laptop now
> would you?
>
I would run the software on the problem machine, if such software exists.

> Why don't you remove the battery and short the terminal with a paperclip?
Err no!

Lord Gazwad of Grantham wrote:

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> Why don't you remove the battery and short the terminal with a paperclip?
>
Paperclips tend to become solded to the contact strips as soon as they get
really hot. OPs fingers might also suffer somehow. Said battery will
probably bulge and explode, leaving a hell of a mess and scars in OPs face
or somewhere else, unless the battery already is empty or it's a good brand
with built-in short-circuit protection. In the latter case, it will then
just be dead.

DON'T GIVE SUCH FOOLISH ADVICE.
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On 2005-09-26, cjf <> wrote:
> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
> XP Pro
> SP2

If the maker thought it was necessary for you to do that, wouldn't there be
instructions on how to do it somewhere in the manual?

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cjf wrote:

> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
> XP Pro
> SP2
>
>

Why would you want to completely discharge this battery? If it's
Li-Ion, it has no memory and can be safely recharged no matter how much
charge it holds at the time. If it doesn't hold a charge anymore, it's
probably time to get a new one.

"Whiskers" <> wrote in message
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> On 2005-09-26, cjf <> wrote:
>> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
>> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
>> XP Pro
>> SP2
>
> If the maker thought it was necessary for you to do that, wouldn't there
> be
> instructions on how to do it somewhere in the manual?
>
No there aren't any instructions on how to do it, thats why I am asking in
here.

"SgtMinor" <> wrote in message
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> cjf wrote:
>
>> Is there any software about that I could use to completely discharge the
>> battery of my Packard Bell Easynote Notebook?
>> XP Pro
>> SP2
>
> Why would you want to completely discharge this battery?

Because after previously "Googling" for a solution, I was advised to
completely discharge the battery.

If it's
> Li-Ion, it has no memory and can be safely recharged no matter how much
> charge it holds at the time.

This goes against what I have been advised earlier.

If it doesn't hold a charge anymore, it's
> probably time to get a new one.

I might probably have to get a new one, but I decided to try discharging it
first!
Will that be Ok?