Re: Laptop battery power
On Wednesday 23 October 2002 14:16, Anders E. Andersen wrote:
> Could anybody give some advice on my battery situation. I own an ASUS A1
> laptop and a while back I began having trouble with the APM system.
>
> The first thing that happened was that my battery would only charge to
> 60% of maximum power. It was quite suddenly and exactly 60%. After that
> I have been having increasing problems with recharging and power supply.
> A lot of times the system seems to shut down quite suddenly and
> unprovoked, also battery life has decreased to about 30 minutes max,
> even when mostly idling.
>
> Sometimes the battery wont charge when I plug in the power cable, if I
> remove it and plug it in again it starts charging for a while but then
> stops.
>
> Do I need to replace the battery?
>
Hard to diagnose. Some battery types, especially those before say 1998 - 99,
experience problems charging. For whatever reason they are just unable to
gain a full charge and often disarge at a more advanced rate. Replacing your
battery may indeed solve this. If you know someone with a similar laptop you
could also borrow one of theirs for testing. This would let you know if the
problem is the laptop or the battery. Most people I know own two batteries
just for this reason.
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