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    12cell or 8cell or...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Brenton, Jun 9, 2005.

  1. Brenton

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    Hi, I've got a zv5000, was just wondering, how can I tell what battery I have? 12 cell or 8 cell etc

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    Get MobileMeter. Right-click on its display, Options, Battery Information tab. 12 cells have a Designed Capacity of 88800 mWh. Ideally your Wear Level will be under 10%, mine is still 0% amazingly enough. If the WL is high and the battery is under a year old HP will replace it under warranty.
     
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    interesting...i have a 12 cell battery. but why is my designed capacity 97880?? so Do i have a 14 cell or something
     
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    The zv6000 batteries used bigger cells than the zv5000? Dunno.
     
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    Thnx for the replies!
    I have d/l MobileMeter, and my battery is a 12cell.
    I've already got 4% wear though. I haven't had the laptop for all that long.
    Is it bad to charge when its down to only 80%?

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    1gb RAM
    80gb 4200rpm HD
    nVidia G0 440 64mb
    DVD-RW /w DL
    15.4" wide screen /w Brightview
     
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    timak Notebook Consultant

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Brenton

    Is it bad to charge when its down to only 80%?
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    It won't hurt a battery to charge them at any level. The new laptop batteries have no memory.

    The 4% ware is probably because the battery has been sitting in a warehouse somewhere for a while. These things don't last more than a few years even if you aren’t using them.

    Tim


    Dell Inspiron 9300, Pentium M 1.86GHz, 1GB 533MHz DDR2, 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 6800, 17" LG WUXGA+, 60GB HDD (7200rpm), DVD+-RW
     
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