V1S battery Wear Problem

So, did it die?

I think the lack of activity is because people gave up on the problem...

 

I do not use my modular battery (only used a couple of times back in November, but no more then 30 min each time). Yesterday I used all of my main battery and the computer hibernated. Thats not the problem. Before that when I pointed the mouse over the icon near the clock, appeard like 100% and not charging. Now after that yesterday, I hot 95% and not charging. What the hell?

Sorry my bad spelling, not that good in english.

 

Battery wear added, perfectly "normal" for this wear problem after a full discharge. If you restart the computer, the meter will be readjusted and the new max charge will read as 100%.

 

Thanks mate.
So this battery wear everyone is talking about is just about main+modular, right?

 

There are actually 2 issues at work with this model:
1. the battery wear issue (although some disagree that it even exists). I cannot confirm 100% it exists, but cannot confirm it does NOT, either.

2. the "modular-kills-main" issue where the machine does not switch between the main battery to the modular correctly, and causes the main battery to no longer accept a charge afterward. I have had this one happen to me, so I know this is an issue. Supposedly, there were new models of the modular batteries coming out that MAY have corrected the problem, but nobody has confirmed or denied whether this is true.

I exchanged my modular battery (and main, for that matter) due to the second issue, but am not willing to take the risk of the main getting killed again, so I have not used the modular in a while. I just haven't had the time to contact Asus to get some kind of compensation for having a pretty expensive paperweight.

Like E.B.E. mentioned...I guess people have given up on the issue(s) and are just dealing with it.

 

That is quite correct. As far as I can remember from older posts, I would describe the wear issue as follows: the battery wears down abnormally (1-2% per full discharge) but under certain conditions the wear will RESET to 0. So the problem is reversible.

As to the modular battery, there was one instance where a replacement of main/modular battery solved the problem. But I don't remember where it's been posted, there are many threads about this issue.

 

Actually Asus has finally produced new modular batterys for the V1S and V1Sn.
They work perfectly together with the V1S main battery.

You only have to watch out for V1J main batterys because now they can kill the new modular batterys in some cases.
Mostly the result is that the modular batterys don't charge when a V1J main battery is inserted.

Conclusion: V1S main battery and V1S/Sn modular battery => all problems finally solved

Looks like Asus now IS able to acknowledge the problems users have with their hardware.

 

Nice to know it finally works. I think the other confirmed case was also in Germany. I don't know if those new modular batteries are available in the US for instance (though there is no reason for which they shouldn't be).

It did take them three models to sort it out (V1J, V1S, V1Sn), a bit long if you ask me (six models, if you count the other models with battery problems, V6J, R1F, R1E).

 

On the bright side, though E.B.E., as Asus becomes more popular they will slowly be more and more likely to listen to pressure from people - lest these issues cause them to lose business.

 

Yeah, although they are going to listen more for more popular models than the V1 (the "affordable" and/or gaming ranges for instance, G models, the new M models I think are going to be quite popular, the F series...) I don't think any issue with the more "niche" models like the V/W models (including the notebook not selling at all, in the worst case) is going to make any serious dent in their profits...

 

My main battery (after being replaced a few months ago due to it being killed by the modular) is at 46% wear! This is ridiculous! My new modular is also malfunctioning. It wont charge, or work at all for that matter.

After my finals are over in a week and I can go without a computer for a bit it'll hopefully go visit Asus in CA.

Another problem I seem to be having is a bunch of pixels are starting to die on the left side of my screen. Has anybody else run into dead pixels all of a sudden? (Not to thread hijack, as I'm suffering from battery woes too.)

Edit: I'd post the serial number from my modular battery but I don't know exactly which string of numbers and letters it is, but 68NXAG or 68NYAG are not on it at all.

 

Can't you "reset" the main battery wear using the procedure that was posted a (long) while ago? I'm not sure if it's on this thread or another about the V1 battery problems...

For the dead pixels, if there's a whole bunch of them then that's sufficient reason for LCD replacement. I suggest replacing it from warranty, along with the battery/ies.

 

E.B.E.,

The reset procedure worked for a brief time, but now the wear is back with a vengeance...

 

That's not good news.

Hopefully they will replace your batteries with the newer series which seem to solve the problem. (perhaps it's a good idea to request that explicitly when you send in your notebook)

 

Well I guess they have sent you the wrong main battery.
The new modular bay batterys DO NOT work with the old V1J main batterys.

It took me 4-5 (!!) RMAs at Asus to get a good V1S / VX-2S battery because the Asus employees seem to be to dumb to read.
I was advised by the support to add a notice to the battery send in saying they should not send a V1J battery in exchange, because they always have the capacity problems.
You have to insist on a V1S or VX-2S main battery, with one of this you won't get any hard capacity problems.

Edit: I don't know if the numbers of the batterys match in every country but in Germany the old modular battery had the number "90-NGF1B2100".
The new "good" modular bay battery is named "90-NGI5B2100T".