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This program is intended for those who is engaged in notebooks batteries repair.
This process is complet enough also the primary goal facing to the expert is restoration of EEPROM contents.
Electronics of the battery is very reliable device and seldom breaks.
The main cause of that the battery refuses to work normally after cells replacement is EEPROM contents
were records from the previous life of the battery are stored.
As a result of it the controller of the battery can be completely locked or the battery will provide the power
for very short time.
Locking of the battery occurs as a result of occurrence of an emergency during its work.
In this case, the Permanent Failure Flag (PFF) is stored in EEPROM chip and further use of the battery is
impossible. Clearing PFF leads to restoration of controller operability. The reason of storing PFF in memory is
an excess of charge/discharge cycles count of the certain number , disbalance of elements voltage and so on.
Other important parameters which influence work of the battery are stored in memory as.
Thus, restoration of contents of memory is the most important stage under repair batteries.
Having this program, you can successfully repair a plenty of batteries from different manufacturers.
"Smart Battery Workshop" is a tool, which is useful in a process of notebook battery repair. It uses
Philips Standard I2C Parallel Port Adapter that can be assembled in one hour by person
with no electronics skills and does not require any hard-to-find components. Total components cost is around $1.
Smart Battery Workshop provides read-only access to all the data listed in
Smart Battery DataSpecification Revision 1.1. via LPT/SMBus adapter directly from
battery terminals (57 parameters). All the BitFlags are decoded into human readable clear text.
Allows user to reset Smart Battery EEPROM to its initial
values (this will erase all tracks of previous battery usage) except
for ManufactureDate, which will be changed to current system date. All
the Permanent Failure Flags if such will be found will be cleared (this
will unlock the battery if it is locked) . So user will have a "brand
new" battery after repacking. Electronics skills are also not needed.
Everything works automatically. No editable fields. Just one button -
"Reset".
Allows to read and write content of EEPROM chips most frequently used in batteries.
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BQ2040/24C01
BQ2040/24C02
BQ2060/24C01
BQ2060/24C02
BQ2063/24C01
BQ2063/24C02
BQ2092/24C01
M37515/ S29L220 (SL220)
PIC16C63A/24C01 (used in COMPAQ Armada M300, E500, M700, Evo and some other models) Not SMBus battery.
M37516/AK6480A (80AF) (80AM)
AS355D/S29L394A (SL394) ( IBM ThinkPad T20..23)
AS358D/S29L394A (SL394)
AS372D/S29L394A (SL394) (IBM ThinkPad R31 and other models)
M37516/S29L220 (SL220)
M37516/93C56 (Dell D600 and maybe some other models)
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The chipsets listed above cover a grate variety of notebook batteries such as used in IBM ThinkPad, DELL, Toshiba, HP etc.
This software has no parameters to be adjusted by user.
Simply connect the battery or EEPROM chip to adapter and start the
program. The only thing user has to remember - adapter must be
connected to LPT1 with the following settings in BIOS: address - 378,
modes - EPP or ECP. SBWorkshop can be run under the following versions
of Windows: Win95/Win98/WinME/Win2000/Win2003/WinXP. If you work under Win95/98/ME then go to "My
Computer/Properties/Performance/File System/Troubleshooting/" and check
"Disable all 32-bit protected-mode disk drivers " checkbox. No special requirements for PC hardware.
Registered version will be tied to your Primary Master IDE hard disk.
You can find its ID (factory assigned) in a header of Smart Battery
Data Report ("Save" button) saved with demo version. Since this HDD_ID
is assigned by manufacturer you can format and partition your hard disk
freely. It does not affect SBWorkshop functionality. If you change your
PC you just need to install this HDD as a Primary Master on your new
PC. In case you want to replace your HDD with a new one just send us a
letter with your new HDD_ID and include the old HDD_ID. The old one
will be rejected from our database and you will receive SBWorkshop
compiled with a new data. The last operation is allowed twice in year
after 6 months will expire. We don't think you change your hard disks
more often.
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All the hardware you need is a simple
adapter. Anything can happen during repairing process and if you ruin
it - just replace 74LS05 and it works again.
You can read notebook battery data not having a notebook for this battery. A grate amount of parameters can give you full
information about your battery state.
No need to buy any expensive programmers.
No need to explore undocumented EEPROMs, which are
always a puzzle. We made it for you. New chipsets will be added
permanently.
This program is very easy in use. We made it as simple as it possible.
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All customers can upgrade their software without any charge when new version appears or new chipset added.
Price: $80
Download
SBWorkshop 2.3 Demo
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