Saturday, November 8, 2003
Certain Cards Cause iPAQ 2200 Battery To Drain Faster When Unit Is Off
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 07:00 AM
http://www3.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?dt=3&source=MH031016_CW02.xml
"Certain CompactFlash (CF) cards may cause the iPAQ Pocket PC h2200 to drain the battery at a faster rate than other CF cards. This issue occurs when cards, such as the Audiovox RTM8000 and RTM8000D - Tri Band GSM/GPRS CompactFlash Card or the Convergent Technology GSM/GPRS CompactFlash Card, are left in the iPAQ Pocket PC while the iPAQ Pocket PC is off. If the battery is not charged in time, the battery could become completely depleted and lead to data loss."
So far, these are the only two cards with the problem. I've never had an issue with my Socket WiFi card. I presume the above two cards don't power themselves down properly, perhaps to maintain a GPRS/GSM connection. If you have one of these cards and a 2200, you need to either watch your battery life closely and charge often or remove these cards when not in use.
Side note: One of the affected devices is the "h2212e." Anyone know what that is? Is it identical to the 2210/2215 with a special language pack or does this have a different feature set?
"Certain CompactFlash (CF) cards may cause the iPAQ Pocket PC h2200 to drain the battery at a faster rate than other CF cards. This issue occurs when cards, such as the Audiovox RTM8000 and RTM8000D - Tri Band GSM/GPRS CompactFlash Card or the Convergent Technology GSM/GPRS CompactFlash Card, are left in the iPAQ Pocket PC while the iPAQ Pocket PC is off. If the battery is not charged in time, the battery could become completely depleted and lead to data loss."
So far, these are the only two cards with the problem. I've never had an issue with my Socket WiFi card. I presume the above two cards don't power themselves down properly, perhaps to maintain a GPRS/GSM connection. If you have one of these cards and a 2200, you need to either watch your battery life closely and charge often or remove these cards when not in use.
Side note: One of the affected devices is the "h2212e." Anyone know what that is? Is it identical to the 2210/2215 with a special language pack or does this have a different feature set?
