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    nafff Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 26, 2011, 08:40 AM
    Laptop battery charging problem
    Hi,

    I have an HP 540 for about 1 1/2 to 2 yrs. Lately, the battery just die suddenly. I can use the laptop if I connect it with AC power, but I just run a test, while the power meter show that the battery is charged to 100%, when I unplug the power cord and let it run on the battery power, the laptop shutdown without warning within 5 minutes. All along, I was checking the power meter, and the power meter actually show that the battery is 100% full at the time it shut down itself. It is even more puzzling than that: I tried to test how long the battery takes to charge up, and I see the battery slowly charged from 3 % to 4%, then 5% to 6%, at that point, the battery power meter suddenly report the battery is charged to 100%. Is this problem familiar to anyone? Is this solved if I replace my battery with a new one? My charger and laptop both are in good condition as I have checked it with other battery. *** help.
    The battery is a Li-ion battery.
    Thanks.
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    Apr 28, 2011, 07:08 AM

    You can try discharging fully and recharging, however at 1.5 to 2 years you are entering the window that battery failure may be expected. Batteries are like muscle in that using them properly. Leaving a laptop charging on the desktop at all times leads to earlier battery failure.
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    Apr 28, 2011, 10:53 AM
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    Thanks. Mr CMEEKS for providing me your useful suggestion but I think that discharging and recharging will not do any good for my laptop battery as I used to do it everyday as I have already mentioned. Is there any other way to get conformed that my battery is expired now, any software or procedure to rejuvinate battery..
    Thanks.
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    Apr 28, 2011, 12:41 PM

    Unfortunately there is no software or physical process that restores a battery.
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    Apr 29, 2011, 12:13 PM
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    :-( OK sir thanks.

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