Battery problem

[deathfoe]

Hey sinced I installed W7 32x on my Acer extensa 5630g my battery lasts like 10min...

Worked perfectly fine on vista.

When i hoover over the "battery icon" it says

98% aviable (connected, battery do not charge)
Change battery

(Crappy translated, hope you get what i mena anyway:])

So, is there any special driver or something to download?

Thanks, Help is appreciated!

--Edit Have W7 Proffesional, might be worth knowing?

 

[zigzag3143]

Hey sinced I installed W7 32x on my Acer extensa 5630g my battery lasts like 10min...

Worked perfectly fine on vista.

When i hoover over the "battery icon" it says

98% aviable (connected, battery do not charge)
Change battery

(Crappy translated, hope you get what i mena anyway:])

So, is there any special driver or something to download?

Thanks, Help is appreciated!

--Edit Have W7 Proffesional, might be worth knowing?

How old is the battery?

What are you power settings?

laptop or desktop?

 

[deathfoe]

How old is the battery?

What are you power settings?

laptop or desktop?

* Battery is 1y old now (same as comp)
* Energysaving mode
* Laptop

 

[logicearth]

Sounds like you need to replace your battery. When batteries reach old age they no longer can hold a charge.

 

[deathfoe]

Sounds like you need to replace your battery. When batteries reach old age they no longer can hold a charge.

Tbh i'm almoast sure thats not the problem... When i had vista it had ~1h battery time.. I installed to W7 and it had 10min.

 

[logicearth]

Tbh i'm almoast sure thats not the problem... When i had vista it had ~1h battery time.. I installed to W7 and it had 10min.

Are you absolutely sure you had 1 hour? The computer didn't tell you had 1 hour, you tested it correct? Windows only reports what the battery tells it. If the reported value it not what you expect then the battery is fault or dying.

 

[deathfoe]

Tbh i'm almoast sure thats not the problem... When i had vista it had ~1h battery time.. I installed to W7 and it had 10min.

Are you absolutely sure you had 1 hour? The computer didn't tell you had 1 hour, you tested it correct? Windows only reports what the battery tells it. If the reported value it not what you expect then the battery is fault or dying.

Yeah, It worked perfectly fine with Vista. So... There's nothing you can do about it but change battery?

 

[ACR731]

Sounds like you need to replace your battery. When batteries reach old age they no longer can hold a charge.

Would a year really be considered old? I'm not saying you're wrong, but that would seem a bit odd. But to be honest, I don't really know what the expected lifespan of laptop batteries is in the first place.

 

[logicearth]

Would a year really be considered old? I'm not saying you're wrong, but that would seem a bit odd. But to be honest, I don't really know what the expected lifespan of laptop batteries is in the first place.

It varies depending on the battery type, the manufacture, the environment (heat == bad), how it is used. So many variables to choose from so many ways to kill a battery. However, the problems the OP is having does equate to an old battery.

 

[pebbly]

a battery has to be treated with respect to get the longest and best life out of it , if you did'nt cycle the battery properly the cells deteriorate and lose their storage capacity , here is a good thread to read http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/69345-stupid-stupid-laptop-battery.html

 

[barryware]

in round numbers.. todays li-ion batteries last about 100 cycles.. meaning from completely discharged (not really all the way) to fully charged..

lets say that you usually use about 20% of your battery then charge it.. to keep the math simple, you could do this in theory 500 times. So, once a day, that is 500 days worth or 16 months.

The battery will slowly loose its run time capacity. However when they decide they have had enough, it typically happens all at once. One cycle, the battery may last an hour.. The very next cycle, it could have only a 10 minute run time even though fully charged.

Between the Vista OS and the win 7 install, this wall may have been struck.

NiCad batteries could last for years if properly taken care of. I have not found a way to restore or condition a failing li-ion battery.

 

[StealthyBoss]

my laptops on alot and i charge it 3-4 times a day

 

[ACR731]

I'm sure this isn't good for my battery, but I have it plugged in on a/c power pretty much 99.9% of the time, with the battery installed. I do it this way because I have a high end gaming laptop, and the battery doesn't last anywhere near as long as I think it should.

The few times I ran it on battery it lasted about an hour if I was gaming or watching DVD's. The battery lasts about an hour and a half for all other PC usage. But then I don't really know if these times are accurate because I always have the a/c plugged in.

 

[barryware]

I'm sure this isn't good for my battery, but I have it plugged in on a/c power pretty much 99.9% of the time, with the battery installed. I do it this way because I have a high end gaming laptop, and the battery doesn't last anywhere near as long as I think it should.

The few times I ran it on battery it lasted about an hour if I was gaming or watching DVD's. The battery lasts about an hour and a half for all other PC usage. But then I don't really know if these times are accurate because I always have the a/c plugged in.

Leaving it always plugged in is no good. It does need to be exercised once in a while. I made the same mistake..

I am on my second battery.. The 1st one pooped out like I explained.. just over night.. The second one lasted a little over a year. It currently has about a 20 minute run time even though at 1st, the computer reports I have 1.5 hours.

I just got a new battery, this one lasts almost 4 hours.. It is bigger though in regards to capacity.. The stock battery is 3900mah, the new one is 4400mah.