Vernier Tech Info Library TIL #2041

Question

My LabQuest is slow as to be almost unresponsive.

Answer

A bad battery can cause the following behavior:

When operating on batteries, the Home menu will open, but tapping any selection appears to do nothing, or the action is delayed by many seconds.

When connected to AC power, the same unresponsive behavior can be seen. In addition, the battery icon give different responses each time it is tapped. For example, repeated tapping may give charging, charged, low, etc.

The problem is caused by a bad battery slamming the CPU with frequent status updates.

Solution: replace the battery.

Created by: gastineau on August 03 2009
Last updated by: jhopkins on November 20 2009