Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Nuttar Buttar <> wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Newsflash: I think/am_quite_sure I solved the mystery!
>>>
>>> A little earlier, I wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> I found the User Guides which are on the laptop itself.
>>> I browsed the User Guide some more and then found a section talking
>>> about "Multi Media" and "Remote Control"! Bingo!
>>>
>>> This laptop [1] has a Remote Control [2] (like a TV has) and guess
>>> what, the Remote Control has a Power button which, amongst others [3],
>>> has the following function:
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>>
>>> * When the computer is off, press the button to start Windows.
>>>
>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> Note "off"! And indeed, when the computer is *off*, i.e. after a
>>> shut/power down, you can use the Power button of the Remote Control to
>>> *power*/boot it up, even (tested) while on battery (and not connected
>>> to AC power)!
>>>
>>> So in TV-like terminology, even if the computer is shut/powered down,
>>> it is still partially in stand-by mode, so you can use the Remote
>>> Control to power/boot it up. This partial stand-by mode *must* consume
>>> some power and is probably responsible for the (previously) unexplained
>>> quick discharge of the battery.
>>>
>>> It sure would have been be nice if the User Guides specifically
>>> mentioned/ warned_for this, but I'm sure I've found the cause of the
>>> 'problem'.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>>
>>>> [NEW HP Pavilion dv6570[ed] Notebook (with Windows Vista Home Premium
>>>> Edition).]
>>> [2] In my defense (if needed), I had never used the Remote Control. It
>>> was still sitting in the box and even the battery had not yet been
>>> inserted.
>>>
>>> [3] FYI, these are the other functions of the Power button on the Remote
>>> Control:
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>>
>>> * When the computer is on, press the button to emulate the computer
>>> power button. Refer to the computer user guide for information.
>>>
>>> * When the computer is in the Sleep state, briefly press the button to
>>> exit Sleep.
>>>
>>> * When the computer is in Hibernation, briefly press the button to
>>> exit Hibernation.
>>>
>>> </quote>
>> When not in use the remote is supposed to fit in a cradle in the PCI
>> slot.
>
> I'll be damned! And I was supposed to know that *how*? :-(
>
> Yes, I thought the Remote Control had a 'funny' shape, but I didn't
> pay much attention to it and have never seen an (PCI) ExpressCard, so I
> didn't make the connection.
>
> Anyway, after reading your post, I checked the User Guides and it's
> also completely silent about this, i.e. nothing in either the Remote
> Control section or in the Using ExpressCards section. :-(
>
> BTW, the card and protective insert displayed in the Inserting an
> ExpressCard section do not look *at all* like the Remote Control and
> protective insert which *I* have. The card in the User Guides looks more
> like a Cardbus card, i.e. long, regtangular and round edges on the long
> sides. My Remote Control / protective insert are much shorter and have
> one corner 'missing'.
>
>> i wonder if when it is in there when you "power down" it still has
>> the power draw.
>
> Yes, I would like to know that as well, but, as I mentioned before, it
> is hard/'impossible' to test this, because that would mean I would have
> to refrain from using the laptop for (at least) several days, preferably
> a week, which I of course don't want.
>
> *If* I had *two* Remote Controls, I could test it, i.e. put one in the
> cradle and see if you can power/boot up with the second, but of course I
> don't have two.
I was fixing a DV 1000 for somebody and didn't even know about the
remote until I happened to pop out the what I thought were the PCI
spacers. Surprise Surprise. Too bad the dv1000 is one dead puppy, that
was a nice looking laptop.
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