Re: Dell battery nag-ware?

[Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Keith, I'll give it a go.

Cheers,

Tim.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Tim, can it be cleared by recalibration ?
>
> My Inspiron 1000 used to come up with a message saying it needed
> recalibration. Finally bought a new battery for that one off eBay at
> Christmas. The battery life on that machine had never been great but
long
> before I gave the machine to Amber it would hibernate after about 5
minutes
> maximum and did it before it had chance to tell me the battery was
getting
> low LOL. With the new battery I tried it out but got fed up after an
hour
> so
> decided it is now a fully functional machine again :)
>
> Keith
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Tim Hawes
> > Sent: 15 February 2010 09:14
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Dell battery nag-ware?
> >
> > So my Dell laptop has just had it's 4th birthday. Is it just
> > coincidence that I now get a pop-up message stating that the
> > battery is "coming to the end of its useful life" ??
> >
> > There's no doubt that it doesn't last as long as when new but
> > I still get over 2 hours out of it, it's hardly dead.
> >
> > Is this a ploy to get me to buy a new battery, with the
> > message triggered by age rather than condition?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim.
>


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