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12 cell battery draining VERY quickly!

Discussion in 'HP' started by jbachandouris, Aug 24, 2009.

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My year old 12-cell HP extended battery for my dv6870 is draining really fast. In 10 minutes it went from 100% down to 70% and all I am doing is browsing. Is the battery shot or is there anything I can do to save it?

UPDATE: From 100% to 7% in 25 minutes. It used to last 2-3 hours!

jbachandouris, Aug 24, 2009

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brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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Sounds like it's shot to me. If it's less than a year old HP will often replace it under warranty.

brianstretch, Aug 24, 2009

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+1 for battery shot. We had a HP L2000 that had a 12 cell and when HP replaced the notebook at 2 1/2 years old, it would still run on battery for 40-60 minutes depending on what you were doing.

I think it depends on how many cycles you've put it through. If you use the unit on battery a lot and recharge everyday.... then you probably just wore it out. If you rarely run on battery, and it's only a year old, then maybe you have a faulty battery. Run battery check, if it shows faulty and you're under the 1 year limit then as brainstretch said, HP might replace it.

OldMajorDave, Aug 25, 2009

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