Thanks, Jan. It's not a fortune, but it's too much to spend only to
find out it's something else
Owain
On 06/12/11 09:49, Jan Henkins wrote:
> 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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