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Laptop battery won't charge.

TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
edited May 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Just like the thread title says, my laptop battery won't charge. I can still run the laptop on AC power, and when the battery had a charge it could run off that, but if I want to move rooms or something, it now involved a shutdown and reboot.

Any ideas?

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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    How old is the battery? Batteries consistently lose capacity over time and eventually won't be able to power the item. Best case loss is about 20% a year, but it can be worse than that depending on the temperature its stored at and how often its charged/discharged.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    JohnDoe wrote: »
    How old is the battery? Batteries consistently lose capacity over time and eventually won't be able to power the item. Best case loss is about 20% a year, but it can be worse than that depending on the temperature its stored at and how often its charged/discharged.

    I was kind of thinking it might just be a dead battery. It's probably at least 3 years old.

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  • ihmmyihmmy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    sounds like it's time to buy a new battery

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