The battery, when fully charged, runs for just over an hour. The Acer is about a year and a half old...the most it ever got was two hours on a full charge.
My question is...would a new battery help, or is it a problem of the unit itself?
Where is the best place to find a suitable battery replacement?
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The more you use the battery, the more its going to wear itself out. Over time, the wear level will increase, thus you lose capacity.
A new battery will help, but since you only got two hours on a full charge I suggest you reduce power consumption on your notebook. I had this laptop and I got 3 hours and 30 minutes average. Turn off wireless, set power scheme to Max Battery, LCD to minimum, and you may also try undervolting but thats somewhat more advanced. -
3 hours 30 minutes is a lot better than a little more than an hour.
I do not use the battery power that often...I usually use it plugged in.
Would that make a difference?
I cannot disable the wireless...I use that. The other settings are as you suggested.
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I'm sure the battery will degrade even if it is plugged in, just alot slower compared to continuous use.
A new battery will most definitely give you the time, but check to make sure you get the 4400 mAhr one, I don't know if it is 6-cell or 8-cell but since you have the Aspire 5000 you most likely don't have the smaller 4-cell which comes with the Aspire 3000. Just get the highest-capacity battery you can find. -
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Any suggestions on where to find one of the batteries you mention above?
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I have an Aspire 5000 with six cell battery. Its basically new, and I'm lucky if I get anywhere close to two hours. Acer sells an eight cell for $150. Don't have a lot of faith it will help by much. Also, changing power settings makes no difference I've found, as have others if you check other posts on the subject.
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I agree about the power settings. WHen I first got it, I came close to t 2 1/2 hours, but that didn't last very long. I would think a newer and more powerful (?) battery would improve it. I envy those who say they get 3+ hours.
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Maybe your battery already had some wear when you first bought it. When I first bought my Aspire 5000 I had 0% battery wear so I got the full 3.5 hours, maybe even a bit more.
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I never got more than slightly over two hours, and not for very long. It quickly diminished to what it is now, a little over an hour. I called Acer support, and got what appeared to be a generic answer..."it depedns on a lot of factors....yadda yadda" with the bottom line being thank you for calling goodbye.
I found a 4800 Mah battery at Battery Universe. I think I will try that and see if it brings me up to at least two hours. -
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Well, I got a replacement battery and it is 4800. But the odd thing is, if I let it get down to under 20%, when I go to recharge, it will only go up to 95-95% and stay there. If I then unplug it, run the battery for a minute or two, then plug it back in, it will fully charge. It will also fully charge if I start charging it when it is OVER 20%. Odd.
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Discussion in 'Acer' started by hybucket, Dec 17, 2007.