battery again

W.Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Fri Aug 1 08:39:01 CEST 2008


On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 02:04 -0400, Matthew Lane wrote:
> W.Kenworthy wrote:
> > While in a meeting, I let the battery run down to 0% (as read by apm)
...
> >   
> I believe the neo sometimes can use more than 100mA to operate, so just 
> plugging it in without enabling fast charge could STILL discharge the 
> battery.  You need to enable 500mA or 1A quick charge, as noted by the 
> poster above me.

Not quite, I borrowed a wall charger and it was ok, charged at 1A.  USB
from my laptop is still 100ma instead of the 500ma it has been
previously.  My thinking is usb charging is broken and not fixed by the
depmod todays kernel needs before networking will work.

BillK






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