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    "Replace your battery" windows 7 error??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by sdierauf, Mar 13, 2010.

  1. sdierauf

    sdierauf Notebook Enthusiast

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    whenever i use my g50vt without having it plugged in, it drops down to ~20% in a matter of minutes. a little after that windows 7 shuts down.

    i read that this is because windwos 7 has some problem with the g50vt acpi drivers, and ive gotten the most recent ones from asus, but it hasnt fixed the problem.

    has anyone else been having this issue? has anyone found a fix?
     
    sdierauf, Mar 13, 2010
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    thalanix Notebook Deity

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    does it do the same on the stock vista install?

    could be your battery cells going bad, depending on how you took care of it.
     
    thalanix, Mar 13, 2010
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    VZX Notebook Evangelist

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    Try to see its full charge capacity with CPUID HWmonitor
     
    VZX, Mar 13, 2010
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  4. sdierauf

    sdierauf Notebook Enthusiast

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    the laptop is only a year old... I usually just leave it plugged in. i didnt travel a whole lot with it until recently and thats when i noticed the "consider replacing your battery" error

    EDIT: it is a refurb.
    @VZX I'll try that
     
    sdierauf, Mar 14, 2010
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    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    A battery calibration is what you need. If you're still experiencing sudden drops of battery life, you will most probably need a battery replacement.
     
    David, Mar 14, 2010
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    sdierauf Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, ill try that.

    happy dst

    EDIT: iwas reading about battery callibration, and it seems like the whole problem is the acpi drivers. where can i get the g50vt acpi drivers? asus didnt seem to have anything on their drivers page
     
    sdierauf, Mar 14, 2010
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