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    New battery Issues.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ben2go, Jan 28, 2010.

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    ben2go Notebook Consultant

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    I bought a new battery after mine quite holding a charge.My original battery was 11.1V and 4000 mah lithium ion.My new battery is 11.1V and 5200 mah lithium ion.When my computer was new,I was getting 1:45 run time on a full charge.With this new high cap battery,I only get 1:10 run time.I have done the conditioning cycle that the battery manual out lines.It says five charge to fully discharge cycles and the battery will be ready for normal use.I've done that.I did not use my computer during the recharge cycles.I also have been using my computers default power plan as directed by the battery manual.I also noticed that the last recharge cycle only took 45 minutes.My new battery's manual said to expect up to five hours to recharge on the fifth cycle.Why do I have shorter battery life with a higher cap battery,and did I do my conditioning correctly?Is there anything else I can do or try?
     
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    New issue.My computer just died at 40% charge and 38 minutes remaining run time.It should hibernate at 15% charge or 5 minutes remaining run time.
     
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