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[wildgu6]

Read you manual!!!!!!!

Yep probable needs replacing, mine doesn't run for very long with out a power supply, and my lappy's not even a year old not that I think it lasted long from day one!!!

Manual, read, are you drunk again Todd......lol

[Maxhead]

Yeah, batteries are strange creatures. They can last better if they are flattened and some are better if they are not flattened at all. We have some clever batteries around these days so we should be able to eliminate the problem .
Lithium-Ion batteries should sort the problems out for now!

[wildgu6]

If you regularly run your Laptop with the power cord in and not draining the battery, you WILL have a shortened battery life over time. I've never had a battery properly last the life of one of my lappys.

mmmmmmm interesting, run it 90% with power, use to get a good hour + out of it without power, now lucky to get 15 mins.
What sort of $$$ for new batt ??

[Drewboyaus]

Not that exy...what model lappy?

[BigRAWesty]

Some battery places rebuild them. Should only be $50-$100 depending on chemistry of the battery and size..

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[NissanGQ4.2]

mmmmmmm interesting, run it 90% with power, use to get a good hour + out of it without power, now lucky to get 15 mins.
What sort of $$$ for new batt ??

I'm lucky 2 get 4 mins on battery, might of well bought a desktop, would of been cheaper 2 than the lappy!!!!!

[wildgu6]

Not that exy...what model lappy?

ASUS PRO50G Series, CPU Duo T6400 if that helps

[wildgu6]

I'm lucky 2 get 4 mins on battery, might of well bought a desktop, would of been cheaper 2 than the lappy!!!!!

Yer but ya not suppose to spill beam on em mate LOL

[NissanGQ4.2]

Manual, read, are you drunk again Todd......lol

No just a long day @ the slave pit

[lorrieandjas]

Hey guys - for what it's worth - when you first get a laptop it pays massive amounts to charge the battery fully the first time for what they recommend in the user manual - some are 15 hours, some 9 and some 24. Did some benchmarking on this a while ago and found that depending on the battery type (and using the manufacturers recommendation for first charge) resulted in up to 200% prolonged battery life. For example, 13" Macbook Pro - take one and charge on first use for 9 hours, other use straight away - the one charged as per their instructions still going strong (6 hour battery life). One used straight away averages about 2.75 hours. Won't go into tedious detail but trust me - almost always works.

Jas