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    Laptop Battery stands only at 72% when unplugged

    Discussion in 'HP' started by arjean, Apr 20, 2010.

  1. arjean

    arjean Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I am using a HP Pavilion DV4 series laptop for the past 18 months. Till now, it has worked fine. Nowadays when i disconnect the main power adapter once the laptop battery has charged to 100%, the battery indicator shows immediately that only 72% charge available..If i plug the adapter again, it again shows that 100% fully charged.. what happens here?? Does it get fully charged or not???
     
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    What should that wear level tell in real life? Is it 0% working, or 0% dead? :) Every time I remember to check that in any laptop, it always shows wear level as 0%, no matter how dead the battery really is.

    This tc4400 had 0% wear and roughly 38% battery shown when "full" charged. Yesterday laptop died after 15mins use and now "full" is about 13%. Wear level is still 0% but I can clearly say one more cell just went dead.

    Batterybar shows Wear 0,0% of 56160mWh and Capacity 7420mWh of 56160mWh. Go figure :)

    New battery is already coming :) I'm just afraid air mail won't reach me anytime soon now.
     
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    jerry66 Notebook Deity

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    HWM Pro gave me accurate readings on my battery in my 8510-p , showed when it was going dead , shows my new battery going down about 1-2% every 2 months which sounds about right as my last battery died after 21 months . As they age they go downhill faster . Been 4 months and battery is now at 96%
    http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitorpro.php
     
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