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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Wireless / February 2004Battery life with Cisco Aeronet card
I have an Ipaq 3850 with expansion sleeve with additional battery pack. I use a Cisco Aeronet 350 card in it and barely get an hour of use. Anyone else have this trouble? It's hardly worth having at this rate. I bought it new and charged it fully for 24hrs before using it and normally charge it overnight after each use. Comments? Others have this problem? Ideas? If you have one of the old sleeves made by Compaq, the battery maybe failing. I have used this setup with an Orinoco/Proxim 8410-wd card and would expect the normal life to be about 2 to 2.5 hours. I haven't used a Cisco card, what else are you doing?  SignatureDavid Hettel Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risks for your use. Handhelds, mobile: http://www.geekzone.co.nz Bluetooth guides: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=449 > I have an Ipaq 3850 with expansion sleeve with additional battery > pack. I use a Cisco Aeronet 350 card in it and barely get an hour of > use. Anyone else have this trouble? It's hardly worth having at this > rate. I bought it new and charged it fully for 24hrs before using it > and normally charge it overnight after each use. Comments? Others > have this problem? Ideas? I am currently just trying to use it to synch via the network. I am able to have the ipaq on for less than 1 hour before it starts warning me the battery is low and I need to charge it. It is only about 1 month old used probably less than 15hours total. I am not sure if its one of the old sleeves. Its part number 173396-01 H3600 series. > If you have one of the old sleeves made by Compaq, the battery maybe > failing. I have used this setup with an Orinoco/Proxim 8410-wd card and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > and normally charge it overnight after each use. Comments? Others > > have this problem? Ideas? With an iPAQ it is normal to get one warning at about 50% ~ 60% and then another at 20% ~ 30%. The first warning can be ignored, IMHO. As long as you know you can recharge your device within a few hours. You may get up to another hour before you get the second alarm. You might want to jot down just what the Alarm is saying. Generally it is safe to continue to use your device until you see the critical alarm, or it is down to the 20 to 30 percent level. SignatureDavid Hettel Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risks for your use. Handhelds, mobile: http://www.geekzone.co.nz Bluetooth guides: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=449 > I am currently just trying to use it to synch via the network. I am > able to have the ipaq on for less than 1 hour before it starts warning [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > and normally charge it overnight after each use. Comments? Others > > > have this problem? Ideas? |
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