#2182 BLOC Trial-2: Plugging in an XO with a low battery causes immediate poweroff and EC lockup

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#2182: Plugging in an XO with a low battery causes immediate poweroff and EC
lockup
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  Reporter:  cscott               |       Owner:  David.Lin
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  blocker              |   Milestone:  Trial-2  
 Component:  embedded controller  |     Version:           
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0                    |  
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Comment (by cscott):

 I suspect that, with low battery voltage, plugging in the power adaptor
 causes enough momentary current draw (due to a suddenly imposed uncharged
 capacitance?) to glitch the supply rails and lock up the EC.  I haven't
 looked at the schematic, so I don't know if this wild guess is at all
 possible or plausible.

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