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In article <1990Jul17.131124.1977@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au> a_schwartz@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au writes:

>The 286 is one year old; the battery has been drained and recharged
yup...  me too.

>perhaps a dozen times. Previous to these incidents, it has lasted for
>more than three hours of word processing, with lots of disc activity.
Same here....   (deja vu!)

>A program called "Battery Watch" version 1:00(C) has been installed on the
>hard disc. It has a "Deep Discharge" feature which they claim will
>"discharge the battery as deeply as possible"..."in order to remove
>a memory-effect problem in a NiCad battery."  I do not have the Battery
>Watch manual with me.  The 286 owner's manual does not tell you exactly
>how to recharge the battery.

>When the 286 is on battery power, and the red power light blinks and
>the beeper sounds, I have tried to completely drain the battery in two
>different ways:
>(a)by running the machine until the screen goes blank and the power
>light goes out; and
>(b)by using the Battery Watch deep discharge feature to do the same thing.

I have had the very same thing happen to me and I have tried the very
same things you did to resolve (ie use Battery Watch) but alas,
none of it has worked.  I sometimes don't even get 70-80 minutes
but only 20 or so.  It worked great for about 8 months or so
but now after a year, it really stinks.  Thank God I don't use
the battery all that much, but it would be nice to use it from
time to time.

>Thanks in advance for the rescue. 

I wish I could help you, but I can certainly sympathize.


Paul L.
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