Power problem on D900k

Emergency!:

I purchased and custom-built a d900k notebook from rjtech nine months ago and have had absolutely no issues with it really...until yesterday. For the past two days I have had something very funky happening with the power.

My laptop is ALWAYS plugged in except the little while it takes to tote it from upstairs to the downstairs and back. However, suddenly yesterday after charging all day long, the minute I unplugged the computer it began beeping and warned me of no battery life. Then shut down. Very worried about the situation, I left the computer be for the night, letting it recharge its supposedly "dead" battery. Then today, I tried it again, just simply unplugging the power cord while the computer was turned on. Again, the same issue immediately, and power turned off just within a few seconds of unplugging the cable. I don't have any peripheral devices or anything attached to it, so I am wondering what it could be.

Has anyone had similar issues with power on their d900k or any other notebook, similar to the issues I described? Is this a dead battery or something, and I should simply look at trying to return as RMA? This notebook was purchased with the simple standard 1 year warranty coverage which as I understand it from rjtech.com is basically just to do an RMA on any issues.

Thank you for all your time and help!!!

 

welcome to the NBR forums.

you should NEVER keep you notebook plugged in all the time.... mainly if the battery is still in it.

That is why your battery is dead, it never had a chance to discharge itself with AC power always overcharging it.... it just got worned out to the point where the battery does not retain a usable amount of power in it.

Remove the battery and try to power it on. If that works, which it should, you just need to purchase a new battery, or get it Replaced (w/ warranty).

Learn to not overcharge the notebook battery... its common knowledge now.

 

Gophn, I read the battery guide awhile ago saying that I should keep my battery in my laptop if I want it to last longer.

I almost never use the battery so that wouldn't be a problem, except that if I take out the battery in my Sager I lose the far left leg of my laptop. So my laptop isn't balanced anymore. Do I have any options here or do I have to leave my battery in?

 

the best way to keep your battery healthy is to not just keep it in the notebook...
- rather you must make sure that it does not get overcharged (100% and still getting my power from AC) in long durations of time
- remember to discharge it once in while to 5-10%

so you can do your normal work on the notebook with it plugged in, when you see it hit 100%, just unplug the power and let it discharge until it it low (5-10%), then repeat.

i have been doing that and my battery is as healthy (in batterylife) as it was when i got it almost a year ago.

i understand about not wanting to remove the battery for the support leg, so this is the best way that i found to do it with.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll start doing that.

 

Thank you all for your input and help! I went to check on my power options settings, to see if it even registered battery life, and never does. So as Gophn suggest, I believe the battery is just worn out from being plugged in all the time.

This makes for quite a frustrating situation. The d900k is so powerful you need it plugged in as there is absolutely no battery life but just a few minutes really. And even if you unplug your notebook you loose a lot of your processor speed, graphics speed, and display brightness, which also makes it frustrating trying to operate several programs this way.

Well, for the time being at least it is not necessary for me to spend all the money in getting a new battery when honestly I never use it! There are MANY other things at this time including my wedding that I can use this money towards currently, so it may be an investment to look into later down the line.

Thank you all again for your information and help!

 

Yeah I agree with you there Choucove. I almost never use the battery of my laptop. It's almost always at home on my desk plugged in.
The only time I really ever use the battery is at the airport waiting for my flight.
Though I would like to save my battery. It would be nice if I could take out the battery and keep the leg. Oh well, I'll just do my best to not overcharge my battery too much.

Wedding you say? Congratulations!