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Old July 11th 15, 10:39 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Battery draining power in few seconds

"Gary Stevens" wrote in message
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I thought that, maybe if I ran Linux portable I will find battery still
works a little bit. The question would be how to get around this issue.
It's not very dramatic because I use wall plug but can't move the laptop.


If you boot the laptop while it is connected to the mains, what does the
battery icon in the system tray look like? Does it show empty (open
rectangle) or charged (filled rectangle), or does it show the rectangle
gradually going from unfilled to filled? When the mouse hovers over the
icon, does the tooltip shown a % charged? Assuming the icon is a filled
rectangle, try unplugging the mains adaptor and see whether the tooltop then
gives an estimate of time remaining. If the battery discharges and turns the
laptop off within a few seconds, I say the same as everyone else: buy a new
battery.

If the battery icon never shows a filled rectangle no matter how long you
leave it charging, then the charging circuit may be broken in which case you
will need a new laptop (or an expensive repair).

As a matter of interest, before this happened, did you tend to leave the
laptop permanently on charge when you weren't using it, or did you unplug
once the battery was fully charged and/or when you shut the laptop down. And
did you usually use the laptop only on mains power or did you let the
battery discharge sometimes to "give it some exercise"?

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