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Old 06-17-2004, 01:01 PM
Steven Cedrone
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Default Re: 2210 Battery life - is this normal?

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Originally Posted by synner
I expect some drain, as the battery keeps the RAM refreshed, but this is ridiculous, surely? The IPAQ has an IBM 1gb Microdrive fitted, and a 128mb SD card - are these draining power? I've applied a patch from HP's website supposedly to sort out an SD card power drain issue, but it didn't help. Nor did removing the SD card altogether - I'm afraid to remove the Microdrive, for fear of it getting damaged.
If you really want to test it, you're going to have to remove that microdrive! Pull all of the cards out and see if you still have a significant drain on your battery...

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