[NTLK] Resolution: 2100 losing power at night

From: Joseph S. Solin <jsolin_at_mac.com>
Date: Thu Jul 20 2006 - 17:09:04 EDT

I believe my problem was that under the Newton preferences I had "Auto Dock" enabled.

My power drain has stopped no that I have deselected that option.

- Joe Solin

On Sunday, July 16, 2006, at 10:53AM, Woody Smith <woodysmith@comcast.net> wrote:

>You should not be losing a significant % of power over night. I
>would next rule out poor connections to the battery pack that could
>give a false reading, look down the battery slot for the contacts and
>lightly abrade with pencil eraser.
>If this doesn't help, use Frank's Newt test <http://www.pda-soft.de/
>newttest.html> to make sure that the latest system patch is installed.
>If so then do a complete back up, and brain wipe to restore factory
>settings, again make sure auto receive is turned off.
>If the battery now functions correctly, reinstall software till bad
>package is found.
>
>If problem continues, suspect batteries. There are no NEW newton
>battery packs, there are only unused old packs or re-celled packs and
>either could be problematic.

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