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    Battery worn out?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vestige, Jul 22, 2006.

  1. vestige

    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5002WLMi and I have a question regarding the battery.

    It comes with a rechargeable battery and within 6 months it has become 8% worn out. Is this normal?

    And I recalibrated my battery by draining it completely and it made the battery more worn out by another 3%. Is it supposed to be worn out by recalibrating?
     
    vestige, Jul 22, 2006
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  2. Fatal Toenail Infection

    Fatal Toenail Infection Notebook Geek

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    I've owned my Aspire 5672WLMi for about 4 months and my battery is wearing out to some degree, however only a few percent. I'm not sure if recalibrating is supposed to wear out the battery more, but my father's old dell laptop battery wore out slowly and was dead by 1 1/2 year mark..no longer held a charge. My mother has had a Sony for about a half a year and has had some battery life loss as well. I think that this is common, however different laptops vary.
     
    Fatal Toenail Infection, Jul 22, 2006
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  3. El-Prodigy

    El-Prodigy Notebook Consultant

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    Do you use your battery often?If you do ,that's normal ;)
     
    El-Prodigy, Jul 22, 2006
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  4. ttupa

    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    Definately normal. With heavy, daily use after 6 months I'm down 12% on one battery and a whopping 18% on another (I got two).
     
    ttupa, Jul 23, 2006
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  5. Iter

    Iter Notebook Evangelist

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    Definitely, the battery worn out if it only 8% there. You will see a big difference a new and used one. The battery is a easy to wear out gear compare with another parts when you use it a lot, the life is less and less.....

    Cheers
     
    Iter, Jul 23, 2006
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