Not actually being there, I can only take educated guesses. All I know is that those are symptoms of a dying battery. I do know that all new batteries should be charge, without interruption for 6-10 hours before use. You may want to consult your computer manual for the proper way to maintain the battery. This may be of help, also.
10 Tips to make your Laptop Battery last longer[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the link Richard.
I can get about six hours out of this if I switch to the Intel graphics chip.
Less if I'm working it hard, obviously, or if I run the GeForce chip.
I was both surprised and impressed.
The battery is non-replaceable(?) but is intended to be turned off when not needed.
Saves constantly punching a charge at an already-charged battery when running on mains-power.
Last edited by Katanyavich; 29 Mar 2012 at 20:21.
I had my question answered by the HP Staff,
Roger the agent said that since the battery is owned by the Microsoft Company that they are just guessing about what the battery percent is at he also said that the battery is normally supposed to last for for 3 hours.
Thanks for reporting back.
Sounds like HP is referring to Win7 Power Management. Are you using that and not HP's Battery utility?
There are many useless HP utlities which have better versions built into Win7, as well as more preinstalled bloatware which can throttle Win7 if not cleaned up. Here's how: Clean Up Factory Bloatware - Windows 7 Forums
Shoot. Just saw this. I did not charge my brand new laptop battery long enough, the light stays steady white so hard to tell. Did not turn on until this morning. I used it until the battery gave out this morning, so shut down completely and replugged into the wall outlet. Will let charge 7 full hours. Did I ruin the life of it being I didn't charge long enough the very first time? (yesterday?) I mean it was brand new, right out of box.
Doubtful. Contact the battery's Tech Support to ask them if you want to be sure. All hardware should have a warranty and tech support to administer it.
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