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    Whats Wrong With My Battery?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lilfazzl, Jul 25, 2007.

  1. lilfazzl

    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Dell E1505 (See specs in sig) and recently my battery has ben sucking. For example, right now im using firefox and listen to a podcast and battery life is at 72% with 1hr 5 min remaining. This is the 9-cell battery and i used to get around 3-4 hours with 70 percent. Im running Vista Ultimate with 1gb ram. THanks
     
    lilfazzl, Jul 25, 2007
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  2. Zagnut

    Zagnut Notebook Consultant

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    Maby one of the cells (or more) have died
     
    Zagnut, Jul 25, 2007
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  3. lilfazzl

    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a way i can tell or is there anything i can do?
     
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    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    DAMN I just checked wear level with NHC and it says 58%. OH man. Can i get dell to replace the battery? What ever happened with the exploding batterys?
     
    lilfazzl, Jul 25, 2007
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  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    There has been problems with some notebooks with abnormal battery wear. This can sometimes be fixed by disabling all the low battery alarms and action and then running the computer on battery until it stops. Recharge and repeat.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 25, 2007
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    I just want to advise something here :
    When the battery dies and the pc shuts down, put it aside for a couple of hours. It's amazing what efect can the battery cooling have, especially when wear level is so high. To make it simple, just leave it aside for a couple of hours untill it goes completely out of charge and goes cold.
    Just follow my advice and you will be happy with the results.

    Give us some feedback when you do it, just so that I know if it worked :)

    Take care.
     
    jeanclaider, Jul 25, 2007
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  7. lilfazzl

    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    Im leaving on an airplane at 6 pm today and right now its 1230 pm. I should have done this yesterday damn..
     
    lilfazzl, Jul 25, 2007
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    How old is this battery? How many times do you think you have used it on battery. that could explain!
     
    baddogboxer, Jul 25, 2007
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    If it's less than a year old you should be able to get it replaced by Dell. I believe they have a one-year battery warranty on their systems.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 25, 2007
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    Good info! I was looking at sig and everything said older except Vista, single core+512MB RAM so I figured Dell did not provide Vista. My 2nd angle is batts are rated for 300 to 1000 cycles and that along with age could explaine a lot. I do hope under warranty but if not, not all that strange of results maybe, original poster post back and let us know.
     
    baddogboxer, Jul 25, 2007
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  11. lilfazzl

    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the info. I got the laptop 6/6/06. Damn. a month over 1 year.
     
    lilfazzl, Jul 30, 2007
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  12. lilfazzl

    lilfazzl Notebook Consultant

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    bump...........
     
    lilfazzl, Jul 31, 2007
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  13. baddogboxer

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    Buy a new battery! Bump!!
     
    baddogboxer, Jul 31, 2007
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