On Monday 17 Feb 2014 17:55:23 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 17/02/2014 17:46, Mick wrote:
> > On Monday 17 Feb 2014 15:18:24 Will Hopper wrote:
> >> FWIW, I second what Alan said - i have the same problem with an old
> >> netbook battery, and I think it is a problem with what the battery is
> >> reporting, because sometimes the bios pauses before start up and
> >> complains about how the battery won't take a charge or has low capacity
> >> or something, and other times it goes on its way. E also has trouble
> >> reporting the status, and often times the only way it gets semi
> >> accurate is after i accidentally let it die - something about that
> >> sudden seems to get things in the battery recallibrated, at least for a
> >> short time.
> >
> > Thank you both. It seems strange that the battery broadly lasts as long
> > as it did before it suddenly collapsed shutting down my laptop. I'll be
> > placing an order soon for a replacement.
>
> I wanted to mention something about that earlier, and forgot :-(
>
> You got 5 years out of a regular battery, Li-ion I presume?
> That's a fantastic life span where the broad average is more like 2
> years before the bell curve starts biting. I'm think I be wanting to
> know who made that battery because yours was a damn fine product!
Why, Dell's finest Korean battery suppliers of course! ;-)
*-battery
product: SDI
vendor: SDI
physical id: 1
slot: System Battery Bay
capacity: 78000mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
http://www.samsungsdi.com/battery/lithium-ion-battery.jsp
When I bought it there was an option for large or an even larger battery
(loosely translated marketing speak). I went for the even larger option and
has served me nicely. Although the level of charge it now reports is
misleading, I can still run the laptop playing mplayer and going through
emails and things like that for the best part of 40-45 minutes before it conks
out. I have been running the laptop each working day on the battery (daily
commute to work) so it has been draining and recharging regularly, over the
last 4.5 years. I would think that it is now at the very end of its useful
life.
--
Regards,
Mick
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