Re: Issue with notebook (maybe the battery?)

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 03/25/2017 05:29 PM, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> Hi, Joe.
>
> [snip]
>
> Checking the purchase invoices, I bought the notebook on September 19,
> 2013, and then changed the battery on November 2, 2015. So less than two
> years ago I have this battery.
>
> The notebook I use it practically every day and I leave it sleeping from
> one day to the next so I do not have to open every application every
> time. I'm not sure if that impacts so much on the battery life.

If it was a long term degradation, possibly. With some battery 
technology/technologies(?) there is a "memory" effect. If there is a 
repeated "shallow discharge"/recharge cycle ( sleep overnight followed 
by running during day with charger plugged in) the effective battery 
capacity will decrease. IIRC that applies to only one technology but 
can't remember which.


> But in any case, in all this time, whenever the battery was charged, the
> charge level was up to 100%. So just since yesterday I suddenly saw that
> the load stayed at 38% and I started to experience this issue.

That makes me think of a component failure. Likely the battery, but 
conceivably something in the laptop.

> Kind regards,
> Daniel