[Cialug] bios fubar?

[Major Stubble]

I do the same thing.  I believe it's called conditioning.  And that is  
kinda how it happened.  I ran it down until it powered off the system,  
but I didn't get it hooked to the charger for about a week (long  
story).  By the time that I was able to hook the charger up, it had  
discharged to a point were the MacBook didn't think there was a  
battery plugged into the laptop to begin with.

I still do battery conditioning.  I just make sure that I hook it up  
to the power brick as soon as it discharges completely.

-Nick

On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

> How did you drain the battery so low that it wrecked it?
>
> I ask because i have a white MacBook and would prefer to avoid the  
> same
> problem. About once every 3 or 4 months i drain the battery to the
> point that the machine spontaneously shuts off. So far that hasn't
> caused any problems; actually i do it intentionally since after a few
> months of use the battery gauge isn't very accurate but it corrects
> itself after a full discharge/charge cycle.
>
> I do note, however, that when i fully discharge the battery the  
> MacBook
> won't power up immediately after plugging it into the wall. It has to
> be plugged in for about 2 minutes before the power button works again.
> If i'm actively using the machine it takes quite a few hours for the
> dead battery to reach 100% charge again.
>
> On Friday 11 January 2008 14:38, Major Stubble wrote:
>> Yes.  Well... Sorta.
>>
>> I had a black MacBook where I had drained the battery down so low  
>> that
>> I ruined the battery.  When it first happened, I couldn't boot/power
>> on the MacBook.  When I pulled the battery, I was able to boot with
>> the power plugged in.  After that, I couldn't charge the batter, so I
>> had to replace it.
>>
>> -Nick
>
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