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    Battery wear level reset from 95%, capacity now 1M mWh?. Seen this happen?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ruoste, Oct 24, 2007.

  1. ruoste

    ruoste Notebook Geek

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    I have a V1J with the much discussed battery wear level problem. Lately it has been swinging a bit, from 93% to 85%, then to 95% with consecutive full drains.

    I had the notebook on sleep while moving home from work, and on powering up, to my surprise the wear level is now set at 0%. The voltages seem very wrong and I'm not quite sure how to progress. After some use I turned it off yesterday and powered it up just now, still 0% and full capacity at 982980 mWh... if only it were true, waah. :rolleyes:

    Does anyone have a similar experience?

    I'll try a full drain tonight, we'll see if it blows up and/or dies for good or what. :p
     

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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I think the battery firmware has gone past the point where it was buggy, into "totally screwed" territory :)

    Just RMA the thing...
     
    E.B.E., Oct 24, 2007
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  3. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    what is the actual battery life ? 1 hr? 2 hr?
     
    Geared2play.com, Oct 24, 2007
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  4. mselley

    mselley Notebook Enthusiast

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    mine has done even more strange things. i am currently on my 4th battery just about to send of for my 5th. they are sending me a spare this time woo :)
    well on about 80% on this one. look at this picture 93% battery wear(think this was my 3rd battery) but look at the capacity:S is normal and then look at th eestimated battery life:S how stange :p
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    mselley, Jul 18, 2008
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  5. adolfotregosa

    adolfotregosa Notebook Evangelist

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    how about using rmclock to see if it reports the same thing ??

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    adolfotregosa, Jul 18, 2008
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  6. AlexF

    AlexF Notebook Deity

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    Hrm.... I haven't had that issue since they sent me that new battery. It seems to self-reset when it goes too far out (it went to 4%, then reset itself to 1-2% the two or three times I actually pushed it that far), but then again, I'm still always using the modular battery.

    Not really looking to test my luck, it seems to be working and my battery warranty is up, sooo...
     
    AlexF, Jul 19, 2008
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  7. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    That seems to be the behavior that people reported for the new V1S batteries. Perhaps the replacement is a V1S battery.
     
    E.B.E., Jul 20, 2008
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