I think you also don't want the battery in if you only run it while it is plugged in. On 10/22/09, Jerry Davis wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:10 -0700 > Nathan England wrote: > > yes, take it to batteries plus, and get it rebuilt. > i am also guilty of this, but the kind of batteries that are in laptops, > need > to be almost fully discharged once in a while, as lithium ion batteries > need > that. > > periodically, I will unplug, and let it go down to like less than 4 min > left, > and then plug it back in. > > i've had 2 batteries, go out on me because of this. > > jerry > > > > > > I realize batteries lose capacity over time, but this seems rediculous to > me > > as I have never had a laptop battery go as fast as the current one. I > have > > only owned Dell laptops in the past and the batteries have lasted plenty > > long, but this HP is killing me! Just over a year old and the battery is > less > > than half the capacity at full charge!!! Hardinfo says: > > > > 2592 mAh / 6000 mAh (43.20%) > > > > > > Yikes!!! > > > > Isn't there anything that can be done to force a fuller charge ? this > sucks! > > > > nathan > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown > Registered Linux User: 275424 > K7AZJ > > This email's Fortune: > Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for > others. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: