Sounds like you got a battery memory problem. What you
need to do now is drain your battery completly.
Meaning that the Newt won't even flicker on. Then
charge it fully, then drain completly. This
drain/recharge needs to be done 3 times. After this,
your battery should be OK
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- RobertRuff@aol.com wrote:
> NewtFriends,
>
> Equiptment: Newton 2000 upgraded to 2100
> OS: 2.1
> Apple NIMH rechargable battery pack #H0163
> Newton 9W Power Adaptor #H0165
>
> Before I took a trip out of the country (USA
> North) to the Dominican
> Republic (DR), where the electric power is
> inconsistant in both supply and
> quality, my Newton battery was giving me upto 14
> days use on a charge.
> In the DR often when power is available it is less
> than 110 VAC somewhere
> at 80 or 90 VAC, so I used a line conditioner which
> I was told would prevent
> spikes, surges, voltages greater than 110 VAC and
> do it's best to raise the
> power to the standard 110 although I suspect that it
> was not able to raise
> the power at all times.
> I guess this because an audio CD would randomly not
> be able to track a CD yet
> other times the same one worked perfectly.
>
> While inthe DR the battery would not hold a
> charge for more than 2 days so
> for most of the trip I used alkalines except for
> emailing which the alkalines
> did not seem to be able to do.
> Now that I'm back I' finding that the original
> rechargable battery lasts
> less than a day. A back up battery that I bought
> almost a year ago from OZ
> and never used will not hold a charge at all.
>
> I hope to meet with a friend this evening to see
> if his charger will charge
> either of my batteries with my Newton and to see if
> his charger will charge
> either of my batteries with his Newton. If I can
> get a charge on the
> batteries I'll send them with him to see what kind
> of life they get in his
> Newton.
>
> More on this when I see him.
>
>
> Any Ideas,
>
> TIA
>
> RobertRuff
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