[Power] XO Battery Life

Sora Edwards-Thro sora at unleashkids.org
Mon Aug 10 10:40:45 EDT 2015


On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 11:52 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> If you wish to investigate further, unpack the attached ZIP file onto
> a USB drive with nothing important on it, and boot it in the laptops
> one by one.
>
> It will automatically save the power logs, which are a record of power
> draw and battery capacity over time.  Then it will turn the laptop off.
>
> After you've used it, send me the file pwr.tar from the USB drive.
>
> I can look at the measurements to figure out if things are all fine.
> Battery serial numbers will be in the file, which will tell me the
> date of manufacture.
>
> Or, you might do this and keep the pwr.tar file yourself.
>

Thank you. I'm not in Haiti at the moment, but this will be the first thing
I try with a new set of computers next time.

>
> Hope that helps!
>
> References:
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Power_Log_Collector#Open_Firmware
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>
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