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Here's another testimony (still on bit-tech.net) :
" Sounds like BS from MS to me...
First, to the people who say unplug your battery, that really isn't necessary. Most chargers, and in fact *all* chargers in computers, will simply switch off the charging circuit and run off mains power once the battery is full. Removing the battery is unnecessary and an idea based on pure paranoia.
@shanky - recharging lithium-ion batteries often doesn't really cause any problems. In fact, it's better to charge them often than to completely discharge and completely charge them; lithium-ion doesn't suffer from memory like other types of battery. For more info on this see How to charge - when to charge table
The problems people are having relate to capacitance - it's a case of the battery not being charged correctly. From the sounds of things, MS decided to use a new method for measuring batteries which not all manufacturers conformed to, but whether or not this is down to the manufacturers not conforming to standard design specifications or MS using a field that wasn't widely accepted I don't know. The reason it hasn't affected new laptops is likely down to MS telling manufacturers how their system would work, and them making sure the battery would conform to their specification.
@LucusLoC - As I understand it, the peope who have had this problem were running other versions of Windows, upgraded to Win7 and then after that their battery was ruined. Changing back to another OS, be it Windows or Linux or whatever, didn't do anything to fix the problem. Also, I think it's better to leave a Li-ion battery partially charged for storage rather than fully charged, but I could be wrong.
Thinking about it, for my girlfriend's Eee PC there was a BIOS update for Windows 7. It's possible that this updated the ACPI information about the battery, so that Windows 7 could correctly charge it. If that's the case, then so long as the laptop manufacturers have provided a BIOS update within a reasonable timeframe of Win7's release the blame might lie with the end user. MS could argue it's their responsibility to ensure any software installed is compatible and won't break the computer.
Still, I don't like the way MS have come out with this press release. It's obvious if you listen to peoples' complaints that there *is* a problem and it's not just down to battery degredation with age. At the end of the day, whether or not the fault really lies on MS' shoulders they're not going to admit it. The ramifications if they did would be immense, and they would likely have to compensate everyone who had their battery ruined. "
I came to this thread to post a "potential" problem... and rather than getting proper responses, I got another one of those "it's your hardware" replies. Ok then. Gotit. Thanks.. Peace.
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