Advent Laptop battery Problem

scorp1543 · 07-27-2008, 02:23 AM

Hi, Grant Here
I am having a problem with my laptop The battery Is on charge, but the light flashes orange then after 5 mins it gose off, I can start the laptop ONLY when it is on charge, But if its not it wont start, its like the battery Wont charge
If you have any suggestions please say cause i dont wanna spend £50 on a new battery
Thanks, Grant

Oh and also, Someone posted this

Originally Posted by dai View Post
i only turn mine on about every 6 weeks to top up the battery,i believe you should'nt let the battery run all the way down

So, I have had this laptop for like 2 1/2 Years now, and the charger broke WAY back, And i dident use it since, I got a new charger and it only works when its on, As i said.

**TriggerFinger** · 07-27-2008, 08:26 AM

Hi Grant,

Easy way is to test your battery with a similar laptop... a friend's perhaps. If it behaves the same way there, then you must consider getting a new one or just use AC adapter all the time.

htx · 07-29-2008, 03:24 AM

Hello !
I have a Asus A9T Laptop , and recently my battery died , my laptop just shut down , i toke of the back cover , nothing was wrong , after a wile , my laptop started working again.. but my battery , mmm not so whell , my gauge issent working , it shows that i'm running on the battery but i have the AC plunged in... , i don't understand whi it's dowing this , i tried the BAttery calibration , it dosent work , my battery without the ac on , runs 15 - 20 minutes ... after that it just dies ... no warning , nothing...
! please help , is there anithing that i can do!?

scorp1543 · 08-02-2008, 08:02 AM

When i turn my laptop on, It says battrie is charging 0% And then it stops charging like 5 mins later, and runs on AC...

markb68 · 09-11-2008, 03:26 PM

very interesting I have an advent 8117 brought oct 2006 and an advent 9117 brought feb 08 both have just developed a battery problem as you say. i have only noticed this over the last 2 or so weeks.
the 8117 is very little used and when not in use i take the battery from the laptop.
any way i brought the laptops from currys which i have telephone them up this morning because i think it was a windows update problem but they say there is no reported errors but have arranged to have then picked up next week, so once i have found out what they have to say i will report back on here.

but for the same fault to happen in the same time period is very strange and to here from others will the same too.
regards mark

markb68 · 09-19-2008, 11:28 AM

As to the post before
I contacted currys from where i purchased both my laptop from and on monday my advent 8117 was picked up.
today friday19 september if was delivered back to me will a new battery and psu (power supply unit) as the company stated was at fault, my second laptop Advent 9117 which also as the same fault is booked in for next week.
i tried the new psu in the 9117 but this the same so i think it is the battery at fault.

please note both my laptops are under 12 old so you would not expect a battery problem in this little amount of time
hope this will help you all

07-27-2008, 02:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
scorp1543 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 56 OS: XP Service Pack 2	Advent Laptop battery Problem Hi, Grant Here I am having a problem with my laptop The battery Is on charge, but the light flashes orange then after 5 mins it gose off, I can start the laptop ONLY when it is on charge, But if its not it wont start, its like the battery Wont charge If you have any suggestions please say cause i dont wanna spend £50 on a new battery Thanks, Grant Oh and also, Someone posted this Originally Posted by dai View Post i only turn mine on about every 6 weeks to top up the battery,i believe you should'nt let the battery run all the way down So, I have had this laptop for like 2 1/2 Years now, and the charger broke WAY back, And i dident use it since, I got a new charger and it only works when its on, As i said. Last edited by scorp1543; 07-27-2008 at 02:27 AM.

07-27-2008, 08:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Advent Laptop battery Problem Hi Grant, Easy way is to test your battery with a similar laptop... a friend's perhaps. If it behaves the same way there, then you must consider getting a new one or just use AC adapter all the time. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

07-29-2008, 03:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
htx Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp3	Asus A9T Battery Problem Hello ! I have a Asus A9T Laptop , and recently my battery died , my laptop just shut down , i toke of the back cover , nothing was wrong , after a wile , my laptop started working again.. but my battery , mmm not so whell , my gauge issent working , it shows that i'm running on the battery but i have the AC plunged in... , i don't understand whi it's dowing this , i tried the BAttery calibration , it dosent work , my battery without the ac on , runs 15 - 20 minutes ... after that it just dies ... no warning , nothing... ! please help , is there anithing that i can do!?

08-02-2008, 08:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
scorp1543 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 56 OS: XP Service Pack 2	Re: Advent Laptop battery Problem When i turn my laptop on, It says battrie is charging 0% And then it stops charging like 5 mins later, and runs on AC...

09-11-2008, 03:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
markb68 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 2 OS: win xp pro +sp3 .vista. linux suse11.0	Re: Advent Laptop battery Problem very interesting I have an advent 8117 brought oct 2006 and an advent 9117 brought feb 08 both have just developed a battery problem as you say. i have only noticed this over the last 2 or so weeks. the 8117 is very little used and when not in use i take the battery from the laptop. any way i brought the laptops from currys which i have telephone them up this morning because i think it was a windows update problem but they say there is no reported errors but have arranged to have then picked up next week, so once i have found out what they have to say i will report back on here. but for the same fault to happen in the same time period is very strange and to here from others will the same too. regards mark

09-19-2008, 11:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
markb68 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 2 OS: win xp pro +sp3 .vista. linux suse11.0	Re: Advent Laptop battery Problem- problem resolved As to the post before I contacted currys from where i purchased both my laptop from and on monday my advent 8117 was picked up. today friday19 september if was delivered back to me will a new battery and psu (power supply unit) as the company stated was at fault, my second laptop Advent 9117 which also as the same fault is booked in for next week. i tried the new psu in the 9117 but this the same so i think it is the battery at fault. please note both my laptops are under 12 old so you would not expect a battery problem in this little amount of time hope this will help you all