Durable Laptop Batteries
what happened to my battery?
what happened to my battery?
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nifty little utility that tells me lots about the state of my laptop’s battery
The accessories
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Extra battery, power cables, modem cable
Gateway CX120X
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yeah, well I got a replacement battery which seems to do odd things that the original didn’t. Like not going to 100% on recharge, and when running off mains it seems to discharge faster…not really that happy with the replacement.
» mines the original, but, it never sits on 100% charged maybe I run it off the mains too much?
At least it still charges. Mine in my Powerbook is 23 months old and holds no charge at all.
My previous battery worked flawlessly. And I have followed the same practices with both.
see this wiki article on li-ion
Run it from the mains as often as possible. Your battery lifetime is related to the amount of time it is charged and discharged