"aaaaa" wrote in message
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I just received a new PA33838U-1BRS (?12 cell I think) battery I
bought from batterydepot.com and I am surprised that it has so short a
life in my Toshiba A75-S209 laptop.

I should say for the record that the battery arrived fully discharged,
dead as could be. That surprised me too.

But then I know nothing about Lithium ION batteries, so I am not sure
what to expect. I have read the info at
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries

As I watch Toshiba's Power Meter, with the desktop displayed, but the
laptop sitting idle otherwise, the capacity has decreased from 97% to
50%. That says to me that I will get only two hours out of a full
battery charge. Is that normal, good, bad, or what? I also wonder
why an overnight full charge (laptop off) only charged the battery to
98%.

So - I have to ask. Is something wrong? What is normal?

Thank you

If the battery is new, and doesn't even provide the length of runtime the
old battery does, then there is a) either something wrong with the new
battery, or b) it's nowhere near the mAh rating of the old one. In the case
of 'a', send it back; in the case of 'b', you're probably SOL unless battery
depot will strike a deal with you.

Note: every new battery that I have ever had say to charge it at least
overnight before running on it.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.