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    Battery comparison in Consumer and Business lines

    Discussion in 'HP' started by p190x, Feb 15, 2008.

  1. p190x

    p190x Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone,

    I've noticed that some HP consumers have been complaining about the HP battery life, where they have 50%+ wear levels with one year or less of use. I already had a HP (dv1267ea) that had a simillar problem, with the battery reporting 50% wear in one year and dying on me after 1.5 years or so. I now have a Asus A8js (with a crappy build quality) that is one year old and my battery only showes a wear level of 7% and still runs fine for 2hs-2h15m. Since I'm considering buying a business laptop I was wondering if this problem with the HP batteries is still present on their business line laptops or is just confined to the consumer laptops?

    Best,

    p190x
     
    p190x, Feb 15, 2008
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  2. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I haven't had any problems with my battery, but I've only had it for about 5-6 months. I think the big reason why so many have problems with the battery is that they treat it badly and wear it down quickly.
     
    jin07, Feb 16, 2008
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    djeuch Notebook Enthusiast

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    My battery is 14 months old, and here's the results from HP (attached).

    I'll be looking for a non-OEM replacement!

    Anyone have any suggestions on a DV9000 series?
     

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    djeuch, Feb 16, 2008
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    p190x Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's basically my problem. It seems that HP consumer laptops have issues with battery wear. I was wondering if this problem is also present on the business line laptops.
     
    p190x, Feb 16, 2008
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    limleong Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure about Intel based HP machines but HP releases a critical BIOS update to many of its AMD based machines to fix "battery failure" issue. I am not sure if that critical BIOS fix has anything to do with battery wear as HP's BIOS release notes never get into any technical details.
     
    limleong, Feb 16, 2008
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