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Okay i know that this laptop is like pretty much antique now but its battery is giving me a lot of grief. When i took it out og storage this morning, and powered it up it worked just fine. as fine as a 48.omb ram laptop could work. But i noticed that when i pluged in the power cord and started it up, after like 2 seonds it said 100% charged battery. I thought its good but when i removed the power cord and ran it on battery alone, it gave me scarecly 3 seconds. It just shut down on the start up screen and said 0%. I plugged the power cord back in and after a few seconds it said 100% charged. How is this possible. Even an antique like this should give me about 10 minutes of battery time.
Can anyone help me
Thanks
Reaching "apparent" full charge very quickly then also quickly running out of charge are common symptoms of any rechargeable battery that is on it's last legs.
DerekW
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Well, rechargeable batteries don't like being left unused. On rare occassions I've found that "cycling" the battery can bring it back to life. You charge the battery then give it minimum load (start in DOS for example) for as long as it lasts. You then recharge again and keep going through this cycle.
If it starts taking longer to charge and longer to discharge then you are getting somewhere. I don't fancy your chances but you might be lucky enough to get some improvement.
This applies to any rechargeable that has been left unused (camcorders, cameras or whatever). Best to use them from time to time or they will fail.
DerekW
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In adding to Derek's response.I don't know where you are located but,for a fee the below website company or, equivalent can
totally discharge and recharge a battery
for you sometimes.If not, they will tell you,sorry bad battery.
You may have a service like this available
in your state if in USA just click on the State.
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I doubt that a service (see #6) will prove a great deal more than my suggestion, which you can do for free. They will probably give you a stack of technical stuff, but as an electrical engineer so could I.
Try it. Start in true DOS by either using a boot disk or tapping F8 and selecting Command Prompt Only. Persist, but if you don't find the times even marginally increasing after many attempts, you either get a new battery or dump the laptop.
If there is an improvement then keep trying until cycling no longer shows any significant benefit.
DerekW
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"Is there no other way?"
Well, perhaps a small team of trained hamsters running on exercise wheels connected to a turbine could do the job
'Dead battery' is not exactly a high level concept, at some point, even rechargeables lose their effectiveness
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock
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A completely flat NiCad battery can sometimes refuse to accept a charge. This can be overcome by hitting it with a slightly higher than normal voltage for a short period of time. By this I mean a few seconds only. Any longer will destroy the battery.
If this works, the battery needs to remain on normal charge until fully charged.
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I think I will go out to buy hamsters, cheaper than a new battery for my own 1989 vintage laptop!!
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Yes, but they are a renewable resource - self perpetuating you might say ; )
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock
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