[DuoList] Duo230 is really dead. why?

[Hansel Chung]

Batteries are probably pretty far gone. In the late stages of battery failure, they might draw enough power from the laptop itself to not allow the laptop to turn on.
On the upside, you should be able to use a stack of NiMH AA's to piece together a new battery. In fact, while I have no more Duos, I do have a battery shell that could be used for producing a new battery.

Does any of this happen if the battery isn't in the laptop?

-Hansel

On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Blake Hanes wrote:

> Hey all! I've got two duo's, a 2300 and a 230. The 2300 is not able to run off the battery, and I don't like using it. but my 230 is awesome, and I'd like to continue using it! 
> 
> Here is my problem:
> 
> When I got it, it would turn on and run perfectly fine! after a while, when it was on the battery, it would just start randomly going to sleep. the next stage of failure was that while on AC power, when booted it would get done loading the OS, and then promptly go to sleep. It then degenerated into only running in the DuoDock. It now won't do any of these things, and just plain refuses to start, and ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Blake.
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