Thanks for the help, I'm going to cycle it a few more times then stick
to battery power only from now on
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 17:34, JamesS wrote:
> Laptop batterys are not made to keep 100% charged all the time. They often
> do exactly what you describe when they are. I try to run my laptops on the
> batterys and only charge them when they get very low. Once a week i will
> leave them on until they shut themselves off. The batterys seem to last much
> longer this way. My first laptop i kept fully charged and the battery only
> lasted a year before it would not take a charge at all.
>
> One thing you might try is to full charge and then discharge the battery 3
> or 4 times and then see if it lasts a while longer. If not it is time for a
> new battery.
>
> JamesS
>
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