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    W3V replacement Battery

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by viper04649, Apr 20, 2008.

  1. viper04649

    viper04649 Newbie

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    I recently ordered a new battery for my W3V, my origanal battery was model number 70-NCC1B1000 14.8V 4800mAh, and the new one i recieved is a 90-NCB1B2000 14.8V 4400mAh battery. They seem to be identical packaging (except the new one is white, old one silver)

    The problem i am having is with the new battery, is when in my computer, it only thinks that it is 6-8% full of charge. but it will last a few hours and then the computer will go into standby without warning. Is there something that i can do to make this work? any known fixes?
     
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Seems the battery is not quite compatible. Maybe it's for the W3J? I don't know... you could search the ASUS eStore for those numbers, perhaps that can clarify things.

    What you can try is to update the BIOS and the ATK drivers to the latest versions (see support.asus.com for download links). That might help in recognizing the battery.

    Otherwise, I don't see there is much that you can do. If the battery discharges and charges properly even though the meter is wrong, it is still usable...
     
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  3. rhcpcrony

    rhcpcrony NBR President

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    actually the one for the w3j is 70-NEX1B1000

    Im not sure if the one you have is the actually for the w3v though, the estore has 2 batteries available notebook battery silver 70-NCC1B1000 and second batter 90-NCB1B1000, which i dont know what it refers to by second...
     
    rhcpcrony, Apr 21, 2008
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  4. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    70 series is the main battery, 90xx1000 is likely the modular battery - I couldn't find his part number when searching or going through model listings, hmmmm.

    For OP - you probably bought a "compatible" battery from an OEM manufacturer, and all these generally meet is power/structural spec, they're not always total replacement parts. What you're seeing appears to be a problem in the battery firmware talking with the MB; I doubt there's a way to get the battery to talk with your BIOS if that's the case, since the fault lies on the battery side.

    One other possible solution you might try is to calibrate the battery (through the BIOS option, F2 on bootup I think) - this might reset the battery meter, but it also might not work. Your battery is obviously still charging/charged, hence the runtime and sudden standby when XP detects a minimal charge, but if it won't talk to the MB then you could simply be left with trying to time it some other way :(.
     
    ClearSkies, Apr 21, 2008
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