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authorPhil Bull <philbull@gmail.com>2010-12-31 16:57:17 +0000
committerPhil Bull <philbull@gmail.com>2010-12-31 16:57:17 +0000
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Wrote several power management topics. Ready for review.
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic"
id="power-batterybroken">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="power#battery"/>
- <desc>XXX</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-06-29" status="stub"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="power-batteryoptimal"/>
+
+ <desc>Your battery is probably not broken; it's more likely that it's just old.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-12-31" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Phil Bull</name>
+ <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
- <title>Why does it say my battery is broken?</title>
-
- <comment>
- <cite date="2010-06-29" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list@gnome.org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
- <p>Message displayed when user logs in for the first time; if laptop battery is old, its maximum capacity will be low and GPM will tell the user that it might be broken. This could panic users - reassurance and explanation is needed.</p>
- </comment>
-
+<title>Why does it say my battery is broken?</title>
+
+<p>When you first log in, you might see a message that says:</p>
+<quote>
+ <p><em>Battery may be broken. Your battery has a very low capacity which means that it may be old or broken.</em></p>
+</quote>
+
+<p>This message is displayed when the computer detects that your battery is not capable of storing much charge. The most likely reason for this is that your battery is old; it's probably not broken, so there's no need to worry.</p>
+
+<p>Over time, all laptop batteries lose their ability to store charge. After a while (normally a year or more), the battery will only be able to store a fraction of the charge that it could when it was new. The message above is shown when this happens.</p>
+
+<p>If your computer/battery is relatively new, it should be capable of holding a high percentage of its <link xref="power-batterycapacity">design charge</link>. If it can't, then your battery may be broken and you might need to seek a replacement.</p>
+
+<p>See <link xref="power-batterycapacity"/> for instructions on how to check your battery's capacity.</p>
+
</page>