Hello Owain,
Yep, that sounds like a borked battery. I find that lappy batteries can
start giving problems almost from the get-go, but a life-span from around
18-24 months seems to be the norm. It's inconvenient to say the least, but
luckily Eee batteries are readily available. A quick look on Amazon seems
like depending on your model, a battery should cost between £26-£34 (or
around that). I'm sure that you can most probably find cheaper "unbranded"
batteries elsewhere, bit then again I fully believe that you get what you
pay for in this case... :-)
On Tue, December 6, 2011 08:02, Owain Clarke wrote:
> I wonder if anyone would mind commenting on a problem? I noticed
> that recently my Asus Eee has only been getting up to about 65% of
> charge, and I assumed this is a battery problem (I think it's about
> 18 months old). But then I have noticed a couple of times, that
> even with a reasonable amount of charge, if I unplug the mains
> charger, the computer immediately switches off, so I wondered
> whether there is a more general power problem, or whether that could
> just be indicative of a naff battery. It also sometimes switches
> off when it's suspended, even though the battery appears to have
> quite a bit of charge left.
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