Re: [NTLK] Help! Either my battery or I is (or am) ODD

On 30/08/2007, at 10:55 AM, Lord Groundhog wrote:

> For some reason, if I change the battery of my Newton, replacing a
> spent one
> with a newly recharged one (I have a more than one battery, and I
> use them
> in a strict rota system), instead of the new one reading 100% on
> the power
> bar and in Frank’s NewtTest program, it either behaves as a discharged
> battery or as an almost discharged battery. This happens nearly
> all the
> time.

Sounds to me like the battery contacts on your main Newton are dirty
or not making good contact for some reason. So any battery you put in
it will give bad results. Try cleaning the contacts.

Regards, Julian.

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