From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Mon Mar 24 2003 - 08:37:49 PST
On 24/03/03 11:17, "Victor Rehorst" <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
> Quoting Laurent Daudelin <laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com>:
>
>> What does that mean, a 'Bad Thing'? I've tried with the 3 battery packs I
>> have and the Newton think they are all Alkalines, so it must be something
>> with the Newton itself. The other thing I don't understand, if this is the
>> case, is that my Newton did sit almost all weekend on my desk. I don't
>> understand why, all of a sudden, it doesn't recognize any battery pack...
>
> It's not that it doesn't recognize that a battery pack is inserted... it's
> that it doesn't recognize that the battery pack can be recharged. If you have
> a NiMH pack inserted and the Newton thinks that it is an alkaline pack,
> nothing bad will happen - it just won't try to charge it, and the battery %
> reading will be different because of the difference discharge rates of
> alkaline vs. NiMH cells.
>
> What's bad is that you can't recharge your batteries, which sucks. It's
> probably just dirty contacts on those two little terminals in the battery
> compartment, or that one of them hasn't sprung back to its proper position and
> so it isn't making contact with the terminal on the side of the battery.
>
> You could take the back cover off and then the top half of the battery
> compartment can be removed - this should give you much better access to those
> two little pads to clean or re-bend them. Check PCBman's disassembly
> instructions here:
>
> http://mrpcbman.tripod.com/Backlight.htm
OK, I'll have a shot at it later tonight. Wish me luck and thanks to all
that replied!
-Laurent.
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