[wellylug] Laptop Battery Problems....

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

what sort of battery is it?  If the cells are NiCad then you have to
fully discharge them every time to maintain a decent battery life,
otherwise you get poor performance as you experience.  

You may want to remove the battery and fully discharge it through low
impedence high wattage resistor say 10x 100ohm 5w resistors in parallel
should do it.  Just be careful for with the resistros as they will get
quite hot.

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 17:14, Jethro Carr wrote:
> 
> I have a big problem with my laptops battery.
> 
> When I'm using my system, the battery meter slowly goes down till 0
> percent. This take around 1 hour or less. If I leave my system going,
> the batter last for another 1.5 hours, but the computer reports that
> it's got 0% battery.
> This problem occurs in both windows & linux, & the hardware also reports
> the same.
> Sometimes, the battery readings also jump. (ie: 45% - 1%)
> 
> The laptop is a Compaq Presario 730AP, which was only brought at the end
> of last year, & has had only average battery usage.
> 
> I've tried calibrating the battery many times, with no good results. 
> 
> Has anyone else experienced problems like this before & fixed them?
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> --- Jethro
> 
> dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz
> homepages.paradise.net.nz/jethroc/
> 
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