From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Jun 01 1999 - 18:30:20 EDT
make sure the contacts are clean,
cycle the battery once or twice, then try again..
which one is it..? the NiMH is better than the NiCAD..
rj wrote:
> I've just powered up my 701 on battery, or rather tried to, and all that
> happened was for the status lights to flicker on and off with some minor
> noises from the speaker. When I attached the AC adapter it works fine
> except when the battery status is displayed(fn+F2) it does not show the
> battery being charged and the whole display is grey (there is a smily face
> in the upper left). How do I determine if this is due to the battery or
> something else? BTW the box ran on battery power a week or so ago,
> apparantly with out any problem?
>
> TIA
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