Battery Driver issues DV6000

[mrcans]

Hi,
I've recently installed windows 7 onto my laptop but have come up against a problem. I have tried to download the drivers for the battery from the HP site but they won't install.
The battery dies in min's without power lead and I'm using a widget to keep an eye on my power.

Please can anybody point me in the right direction.

 

[JarasM]

I have a similar problem. On my dv6625 laptop, since installing Win7, my battery times were horrible and power level readings inaccurate. It powers off at 40-70% left, after turning it on again it charges up to about 70% and jumps straight to 100%... Windows shows me the "consider replacing your battery" and HP support wants me to revert to Vista "to check if the battery's okay there" :/ At least it's good to see it's not an isolated problem

 

[mrcans]

yeah, I suspected it might be a common issue.

Think Windows will show support for this driver soon. Hope... :-s

 

[JarasM]

On second thought, this might actually be a battery issue after all. When running from an Ubuntu Live CD, the battery got drained from 100% to zero in mere 26 minutes. I'm going to test it more, by putting it to a friend's laptop (near same model, should fit) and seeing how it performs there. Still, the driver shouldn't show such confusing readings - if it gets drained in a short time, so be it, but it should still show correct life left.

 

[mrcans]

Hmmm...well I think this battery was fine?

will see

 

[FuManShoes]

I'm having the same issues. I have two batteries, one only a few months old, and neither one will charge since I installed Win 7 Ultimate on my DV6000t. This is odd since I didn't have the problem when I was running the Win 7 beta.

 

[dublea]

Sounds like they need to work on the ACPI driver. Thats the driver that helps with your power managment. With the DVxxxx HP laptops, their nvidia chipset were horrible. I had a DV2000 Special Edition and my battery would only last 45min on Ubuntu. XP and Vista both worked great for 2-3hrs. So I would just wait for an ACPI update.

 

[carmiii]

I am having the same issue with my HP DV2000 laptop. It's very annoying because 1st it stops charging at 60% and then when unplugged the battery lasts 20min max. It doesn't make any sense. I did not have that issue with Windows Vista.

I find HP very slow to support Win 7. Last time I contacted HP regarding this they told me they don't support OS changes and that I should revert back to Windows Vista. Annoying.

 

[dublea]

Thats whats going to happen. That unit was sold with Vista and they will not be supporting Win7, ever. Thats how big business works. Thats exactly why Vista got a bad rap. People with older hardware were finding that there was no driver support, and they blamed MS. What they are doing is supporting only their new products. So, in a sense, they are trying to force you to buy new every time.