Struggling to understand what isn’t understood.
Yes to the fact that I didn’t state what I was trying to achieve; which is…
BACKGROUND
The original problem I had was the laptop charged to 100% ish, left for more than a day or two then when I attempted to start it it would not.
From new I had never charged it more than long enough to fully charge the main battery. Didn’t know the 24 hour stuff, no policy from Framework on this (probably is; I’m very absent minded).
The number of days left without switching on simply varied depending on my need to use the laptop.
With lots of red herrings the final analysis from reading lots of posts was that the CMOS battery was low capacity, the drain was high, and high enough to cause the laptop to fail to start after a day or three.
I and others went through a not particularly good experience with support, being provided with a number of different possibilities, wrong charging side when new, loose connections, resetting whole machine, measuring CMOS battery level etc.
THE PROBLEM
Lots of different info from Framework, but no official info or ack of the problem (please correct me here, I didn’t read all of the threads right through) but essentially charging main battery just to get it full and switching on several times a week, ends up with “It won’t power on”
THE PROPOSED “SOLUTION” (from Framework)
Charge the laptop for at least 24 hours once a month.
THE TEST
Does charging once a month for at least 24 hours (regardless of charging now and then in between) mean you have avoided the power on problem? That’s it !!
And so the way to run the test,
Charge for 24 hours or so.
Try switching on various times in the (hopefully) 30 days
Leaving the laptop 30 days untouched is unrealistic as I need to use it.
Not charging a little during the 30 days is unrealistic.
How often to check the CMOS battery is too low to allow the Laptop to start. How long is a piece of string?
Essentially short charging spells during the 30 days isn’t going to make much difference (yes I can do the sums if needed)
So… The most practical solution 9for me) is switch it on at least once a day.
See one day f it fails to start
See then if attaching the power supply (the Framework one) allows it to start.
If this fails after it does not start then open the box and check the voltage on the battery (real test would be with the battery connected so on a load.) No utility to check anything CMOS battery related, I checked with FW on this)
If necessary do the full reset stuff, CMOS and main battery disconnected.
In the meantime log (here on my own originated post) the daily situation.
Is this approach right or wrong? Who knows but at least it is something.
Different / Better ideas welcome !
BUT if you suggest a better / different idea TEST IT YOURSELF (please) !! and log the results here.
It does not matter if the idea behind the test is or apparently is wrong as often this is how something new is discovered.
Bye for now