Battery issues.

mental_empathy · 24th September 2005, 4:43 PM

Is there something wrong with my battery, would i need to get a new one?
The problem is, after a full charge, the battery on my Joybook 6000N says it has a life of 44minutes. However, this continues to decrease until it reaches 3mins left (accorcing to Centrino hardware monitor). I was monitoring the lappy and kept it on playing music, and the battery lasts 3 hrs!

It stays at "critical warning! Low battery" for about 2.5 hours.

Is there any way to reconfigure how it reads this, so i know when my battery will actually die?

theyetti · 24th September 2005, 5:30 PM

Might be this one, text taken from

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...72,pg,5,00.asp

Nonetheless, every 30 charges or so, you should run them down to zero. This measure isn't to preserve the battery but to recalibrate the fuel gauge--the indicator on the laptop screen that shows how much battery juice and time remain.

I think Dan's Data covered this one in depth this year. Try googling for laptop, battery, recalibrate.

Cheers Pedro :-)

mordy · 24th September 2005, 10:22 PM

The first part of ur ordeal is normal ... when i turn on my laptop, it pulls everything from the hard-drive, so the monitor registers about 2.00, and after a few minutes it reads 4.30 which is the normal battery life

The second part is weird, maybe ur power monitor is set to give u a critical battery warning at 70% or something, probably a bad prank thanks to one of ur 'friends'

mental_empathy · 27th September 2005, 8:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theyetti

Might be this one, text taken from

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...72,pg,5,00.asp

Nonetheless, every 30 charges or so, you should run them down to zero. This measure isn't to preserve the battery but to recalibrate the fuel gauge--the indicator on the laptop screen that shows how much battery juice and time remain.

I think Dan's Data covered this one in depth this year. Try googling for laptop, battery, recalibrate.

Cheers Pedro :-)

Works like a charm

Its reading much higher than 40mins now. Left it running for like 2.5 or 3 hrs till it died

Valtagor · 27th September 2005, 8:34 PM

Check if there is a recalibrate option inb your BIOS. Dell D600 series have this in the later bios revisions.

Bit better for your battery htan running it flat.

PogiPinoy · 27th September 2005, 11:43 PM

the benq joybook you have is a rebadged asus m6000n...i have this asus and it has an inbuilt battery recalibration program to reset the battery

works a treat

SavvyFx · 28th September 2005, 7:22 AM

Do you have the latest version of CHC too? There have been some bug fixes in the reading of battery life area.

theyetti · 28th September 2005, 10:33 AM

Looks like a couple of people have suggested a better way to fix this problem for next time but I'm glad it's all fixed for now :-)

Cheers Pedro :-)

24th September 2005, 4:43 PM	#1
mental_empathy Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lidcombe, Sydney Posts: 1,519	Battery issues. Is there something wrong with my battery, would i need to get a new one? The problem is, after a full charge, the battery on my Joybook 6000N says it has a life of 44minutes. However, this continues to decrease until it reaches 3mins left (accorcing to Centrino hardware monitor). I was monitoring the lappy and kept it on playing music, and the battery lasts 3 hrs! It stays at "critical warning! Low battery" for about 2.5 hours. Is there any way to reconfigure how it reads this, so i know when my battery will actually die? __________________ FOR SALE nothing right now Opteron 146 CAB2E 0546 GPAW @ 2900mhz\| 2GIG Buffalo Micron Chips \| DFI NF4 Ultra D \| Inno3d 7800GTX @ 509/1360\| Creative X-fi \| Tagan W01 550W

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PogiPinoy Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney (No Cable) :( Posts: 1,300	the benq joybook you have is a rebadged asus m6000n...i have this asus and it has an inbuilt battery recalibration program to reset the battery works a treat __________________ BLAQUE - Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest of Unity in Everything OCAU Club PDA Member #6 Nintendo Club Member #4 OCAU iPod Owner #65 ASUS Owners Club \|\|Dr. Pepper Club Member #21\|\| Motorola V-Club Member - V3i DELL Laptop Owners Club

24th September 2005, 5:30 PM	#2
theyetti Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 244	Might be this one, text taken from http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...72,pg,5,00.asp Nonetheless, every 30 charges or so, you should run them down to zero. This measure isn't to preserve the battery but to recalibrate the fuel gauge--the indicator on the laptop screen that shows how much battery juice and time remain. I think Dan's Data covered this one in depth this year. Try googling for laptop, battery, recalibrate. Cheers Pedro :-)

24th September 2005, 10:22 PM	#3
mordy Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: melb Posts: 5,070	The first part of ur ordeal is normal ... when i turn on my laptop, it pulls everything from the hard-drive, so the monitor registers about 2.00, and after a few minutes it reads 4.30 which is the normal battery life The second part is weird, maybe ur power monitor is set to give u a critical battery warning at 70% or something, probably a bad prank thanks to one of ur 'friends'

27th September 2005, 8:34 PM	#5
Valtagor Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bne Posts: 131	Check if there is a recalibrate option inb your BIOS. Dell D600 series have this in the later bios revisions. Bit better for your battery htan running it flat.

28th September 2005, 7:22 AM	#7
SavvyFx Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 234	Do you have the latest version of CHC too? There have been some bug fixes in the reading of battery life area.

28th September 2005, 10:33 AM	#8
theyetti Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 244	Looks like a couple of people have suggested a better way to fix this problem for next time but I'm glad it's all fixed for now :-) Cheers Pedro :-)