Thread: A manifesto for the walkaround-web tablet
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2008-04-29 , 01:11
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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
It is second hand, but the unit itself is only a couple of months old so surely the battery can't be that bad already?
Depends on how the previous owner treated it. One 4 to 8-hour excursion in a hot car (120°F+) can leave you with a practically useless battery, and enough deep discharges can, too.

Honestly, though, it sounds more like an issue of the device not hitting idle due to something sucking up cycles (one of the pitfalls of a demand-based power management system).