ASUS G73JH Battery Issue.

My battery sits at 92% - 94% (plugged in, not charging), it used to charge higher because the green light on the dock on the front of the laptop was mostly on.

Now, it doesn't want to do that. My battery condition is about 22.9% in HWiNFO64.

I have tried to drain the battery several times, the first time I did in windows, then just let it shut off.

The second time I did it in windows and at about 8% put it in the BIOS (which it shut off suprisingly fast). It seems that 6 - 8 % is really "0%" to it, I just can't calibrate it for whatever reason.

Is there another method to recalibration that I am unaware of? Other laptops used to have calibration tools inside their BIOS.

Or is my battery just on its way out? It holds a charge (up to the percentages described), and will run on AC or Battery without issue.

Thanks in advance.

 

It's dying. Replacing it is the only solution. Laptop battery tend to die in 2 or 3 years. Though I've seen it dying in less than a year as well.

 

Okay well, what do you suggest I do in the meantime, run it without battery?

Is running it without battery harmful?

 

100 % agree ^^^^^ If you run on battery only and just web surf / email how long does yours last? Mine shows 50% wear (HWinfo64) and it dies at ~35 % so I am luck to get 45 minutes with GPU clocks and brightness both turned way down.

 

I don't really use the battery alone, its just an APC for me, really. But in my discharges to recalibrate it would cut out at 8%, lasted about 1hr with everything high performance and processor pegged at max clocks (power4gear)

 

Discharge the battery at a normal rate, once you hit the auto shut down on low battery, power it back on and pull out the boot menu (press esc on POST) and let it sit there until it drains completely. Plug it back in, boot it up and let it charge. Do not do this often, completely draining the battery repeatedly will shorten it's lifespan.

I went through one battery on my JH, at some point, it started showing 75% wear, recalibrating it brought it back to what it was supposed to be, but the problem reappeared eventually, so I just got a new battery (I was using it on battery often enough to justify that).

 

How about running it without the battery? Does that benefit me in any way? Run cooler? Is it recommended?

 

No benefits at all and aside from the fact that in the event of a power failure it will turn off, there's no detriment to running it without the battery.