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 <jdawgaz@cox.net> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:10 -0700
Nathan England <nathan@paysonlinux.org> 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
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