Laptop Battery

reddevils78 · 12-08-2008, 10:05 AM

my old laptop Acer 3260 was working fine recently.. however.. witin dis month i have noticed its battery life reduced from 1:40 hrs to just 40 mins max.. wat can be problem? The laptop is 3 yr old runs on inter core 2 duo1.66 Ghz.. XP SP2.. 512 MB ram..
Cud neone also help on how to improve the battery life of the laptops?

**Snoopdogie187** · 12-08-2008, 01:41 PM

Hi, sorry to say, the best thing you can do is get a new battery. This is a normal thing that eventually happens to all recharable batteries.

Be glad the battery lasted 3 years, that seems like a decent amount of time for it acutally. I think dell batteres typically go in a year or two from what I seen.

The only way to improve the battery life is to do some energy cutting, like lower brightness on the monitor, keep the fans from spinning, etc. But at this point it may not show as much of an affect.

I happen to try being really careful with my battery, like it is only in the laptop when I need it or its charging, and when it is charging, I try to keep the laptop as cool as I can. Things like that. My laptop is just over a year now and the battery is the same as new or better really.

12-08-2008, 10:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
reddevils78 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 85 OS: XP SP2	Laptop Battery my old laptop Acer 3260 was working fine recently.. however.. witin dis month i have noticed its battery life reduced from 1:40 hrs to just 40 mins max.. wat can be problem? The laptop is 3 yr old runs on inter core 2 duo1.66 Ghz.. XP SP2.. 512 MB ram.. Cud neone also help on how to improve the battery life of the laptops?

12-08-2008, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Snoopdogie187 Oh! What shall I be? Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,542 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1, mom: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Laptop Battery Hi, sorry to say, the best thing you can do is get a new battery. This is a normal thing that eventually happens to all recharable batteries. Be glad the battery lasted 3 years, that seems like a decent amount of time for it acutally. I think dell batteres typically go in a year or two from what I seen. The only way to improve the battery life is to do some energy cutting, like lower brightness on the monitor, keep the fans from spinning, etc. But at this point it may not show as much of an affect. I happen to try being really careful with my battery, like it is only in the laptop when I need it or its charging, and when it is charging, I try to keep the laptop as cool as I can. Things like that. My laptop is just over a year now and the battery is the same as new or better really. __________________ Infected computer? click here Has TSF Helped You? Posting System Specifications Please Donate to TSF