Re: 49g+ lithium battery Message #2 Posted by James M. Prange on 15 Apr 2004, 12:33 p.m., in response to message #1 by Troy
The ROM in the very early units had a bug that used up the batteries much faster than expected, in particular drawing significant current even with the calculator turned off.
If your 49g+ ROM version is less than 1.23, download the latest ROM from HP's web site.
Well, they say that the real bug was that the processor supplier made a change without informing them, but I'd say the the bug involved not thoroughly testing that the very first production units actually worked as expected. What were they thinking?
I would hope that the 49g+ would draw current from the backup battery only when the AAA batteries were low or removed.
Did you check the batteries before putting them in? It's rare, but a brand new battery can be bad.
Of course the battery life depends on a lot how you use it.
Writing to the flash and I/O take a lot of power. In general, the 49g+ seems to go through batteries faster than previous models.
Regards, James
Edited: 15 Apr 2004, 12:47 p.m.
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