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    is my battery bad? c90s

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by kickace, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. kickace

    kickace Notebook Deity

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    i have 2 batteries for the asus c90s, for school.

    today i noticed that when i started up the computer - it said i only had 20 min left with 98%. i made sure i was in battery mode and that cpuz showed an underclocked cpu.

    it did, and still, every half a minute, it would go down 1 or 2 %? i thought maybe just windows was reporting it wrong but sure enough, 18 min later, went into standby and the battery died?

    i went home and put in my other battery with 98% - and it shows 1 hours and 48 min left and the percent didnt go down quickly.

    just tried my old battery again - and same thing - 3 percent dropped in less than a minute?

    do i have a bad battery?
     
    kickace, Aug 28, 2007
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  2. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Try calibrating it. Who sells an extra battery?
     
    Patrick, Aug 28, 2007
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    figured i'd get questions like that :) the place i ordered from was ewiz.com (online doesn't show if there instock or not so def call)

    but just call everyone from google products - or just check to see if online sais they have it in stock - thats what i did, until i found someone who had it.

    disregard the picture they have of it - every single online place has a picture that does not look at all like the actual battery but when it comes in the mail, its the right one.
     
    kickace, Aug 28, 2007
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    Cancer777 Notebook Evangelist

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    btotech.com has them too,

    on topic it does sound like a bad battery. is it a c90s actual battery? if not maybe it haves less cells.
     
    Cancer777, Aug 28, 2007
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    Well it would seem like a bad battery. All signs point towards it. Ask for an exchange.
     
    Ichigo, Aug 28, 2007
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    it wasn't the battery i ordered from ewiz - it was my original battery.... and yes, the ewiz is the actual battery, not offbrand, same part number and everything.

    which i just filled out an rma with btotech and they will be replacing it because it was indeed bad, don't care though because btotech is a great company and will give me a replacement very soon.

    just out of curiosity, i never really do this, only have once - but is it bad to switch batteries while the computer is plugged in and on and running? (meaning once 1 battery gets to 100%, switch batteries while running windows and put in a drained battery), or should i turn it off first?

    and i would not order from the dealers because btotech charges $125 for another battery - i purchased mine for $63 shipped.
     
    kickace, Aug 28, 2007
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  7. obsolete

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    No problem switching the battery while it's plugged in. I do it all the time.
     
    obsolete, Aug 28, 2007
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    aoguy1989 Notebook Consultant

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    Hibernate the computer first once its off switch battery then turn the computer back on if you can't lose any work
     
    aoguy1989, Aug 29, 2007
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