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    Please help me with a problem

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cloudbyday, Aug 9, 2010.

  1. cloudbyday

    cloudbyday Notebook Deity

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    I hope that you guys can help me figure out how to diagnose a problem with the ASUS N81V a friend of mine has. His battery charges up to 47% and quits, although the status says charging. If I pull the plug out of the laptop with the battery in it, the laptop shuts down. Any solutions to what I can do.
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Get a new battery :)
     
    Nick, Aug 9, 2010
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    But its a brand new battery, why won't it give off any charge?
     
    cloudbyday, Aug 9, 2010
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    Return it..
     
    nikeseven, Aug 9, 2010
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    Why do you say that?
     
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    From experience. If the battery will only charge to 57 percent something is wrong and I would suspect the battery first. If the battery is defective I would also expect that when you plug the laptop back in the battery shows it is charging from 0 percent again.

    As an example, I have an old Sony laptop which I don't use anymore and its battery will charge up to 100 percent. But the battery dies within 2 minutes of use. When the laptop is again plugged in the battery charge shows 0 percent and starts charging again to just repeat the senario.

    Unless he can try the battery in another computer I would return it and try another.
     
    deeastman, Aug 10, 2010
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