Re: [More or less OT] Laptop battery capacity

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

Hi folks,

I just bought a new laptop, a HP Pavillion DV9000 series. According
to /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* the capacity is 6000 mAh. However, the
"full" capacity is peaked at 3872 mAh:

design capacity: 6000 mAh
last full capacity: 3872 mAh

As you can see, my Ubuntu 6.10 think it's fully charged:

charging state: charged
remaining capacity: 3872 mAh

Does anyone know how I can get my battery to charge all the way up
to 6000 mAh? I'd like to have it filled before I go on the road...

Sybren
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Sybren Stüvel
Stüvel IT - http://www.stuvel.eu/

Irrespective of what Ubunto thinks about your battery, the total
charge and capacity is controlled by the battery itself and the
charging circuits. When the battery full charge light indicates full
then thats what you get !

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Best Regards:
Baron.
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