Dell laptops battery wear

Hi everyone,

I've noticed HP computers seem to suffer from battery wear issues, with owners reporting extremely high wear levels after 1 year of use. I was wondering if dell laptops, particularly the precision line, also suffer from this problem?

Best.

p190x

 

All L-ion batteries have a finite lifespan, and all wear down, depending on use it could be real quick, or last a long time.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=91846

 

Yes, I know. However, it seems that HP batteries have a shorter life span. I have a hp dv1267ea that, after on year of use had a wear level of 50%+ and after 1.5 years it completly died. Reading some posts on the HP forum, it seems that this is a common problem with HPs (at least with the consumption line models). I have an Asus A8js that is 1 year old and the battery only reports a 7% wear level and it is still capable of holding for 2h15m. I was wondering if Dell's laptop batteries had the same problem has the HP or not. If someone tells me that their battey has a wear of about 20% after one year of use, that's ok by me.

 

my inspiron 1420 shows 6% wear after 3 months..........

 

battery of a DV2000T that belongs to one of my friends now can only last 10 mins ...

 

The 6-cell battery in my HP DV6113US has already failed within 11 months. It will only hold charge for about 30 mins or less. But it's mostly my fault since I leave the laptop plugged in most of the time. I didn't get much battery life to start out with. Since the cpu is an AMD turion x2 TL-50, I was only getting 1 - 1.5 hr of battery life. I think it all depends on how you use your laptop. If you leave it plugged in for too long at a time, or never cycle the battery, the battery will probably wear down faster

 

How are you guys finding out what % wear your battery has on it?

 

Wear levels from software are almost completely inaccurate. Like stated above, all Li-ons fail, usually within 2-3 years.

 

What software would that be? Im curious

 

I use Notebook Hardware Control. Here is the download link. Does a lot more also.

 

Thanks, downloading now

 

Downloaded it and installed it but its not working, I open it up and it says:

ERROR!

Object refrence not set to an instance of an object.

Latitude D820

 

Uninstall and download again, reinstall. Maybe from the alt site. It should work on D820.

 

Thanks, yep, thats exactly what I did and its working again.

Now if only I knew what I was doing in order to configure my laptop to get the best battery when away from home.

 

I know, and I understand. However, my 1 year Asus still gets 2/2.15 hours from the original battery and the wear level is just 7% or something according to NHC. HP laptops seem to have wear problems (my expererience and according to some posts on the HP forum). My question is if Dell also has these problems (from reading the forum it doesn't seem so) and if the Precision line has better batteries.

 

I have a Inspiron 9300 for since 11/05 and my battery still gives my 2+ hours of life and I have a 6 cell battery. I do keep it plugged in alot when I am at home.

 

That's an interesting information. Thanks!