cf-74 battery recablication - need help

so i installed windows 7 32bit with all the drivers and it seems to be working fine with no "yellow exclamation" marks in the device manager.

next, i installed battery recablication app. for this one, i had to download one from Vista, rather than Windows 7 section of the Panasonic website because windows 7 section there was none.

ran the program, checked that it began running, with a message that it would take 7 hours to complete. fine, i thought.

i fell asleep.

That was 3 hours ago, and now i see that the laptop has been turned off and it has amber light

on the battery indicator LED. i hit ctrl, space, random keys multiple times and no response.

it seems as if it's been turned off.


now, should i power it back up to see what's going on? or is it still doing the "battery

recablication" thing while being powered down? i don't wanna power it back up if that's

indeed the case.


can someone help?


one more thing. i was looking for Panasonic app that shows # of battery charge cycles and

other information. Lenovo Thinkpads has what's called Power Manager that gives all kinds

of information such as, battery manufacturer, # of charge cycles done on the battery, current

wattage, power setting, etc. is there something equivalent for cf-74 also? i'm trying to find out

how old the battery is...

 

According to my CF-30 Battery Recalibration the system will charge your battery first (if it needs it) then Discharge it and then TURN OFF the laptop and recharge your battery. First time i did mine took over 6 hours.

 

thanks.
after the charge was complete, did it turn itself on by itself? or did u turn it on?

 

Nope, didn't turn itself on. Just showed the Green LED to say the battery was fully charged.

 

Panasonic application should be installed. PC Information viewer. Battery status tab.

I like this third party program. BatteryCare