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Terrible battery performance...

Zascar · 2007-11-26 00:08:57

I was given a laptop recently. An inspiron 1150, celeron 2.4, 512mb ram, works fine and I got it for free so can't complain, however the batter life is really auful! When fully charged, say left charing for hours, when I unplug the power, the battery meter will say about 65% and will only have about 20 minutes left!…

26-11-2007 12:08am

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Zascar

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I was given a laptop recently. An inspiron 1150, celeron 2.4, 512mb ram, works fine and I got it for free so can't complain, however the batter life is really auful! When fully charged, say left charing for hours, when I unplug the power, the battery meter will say about 65% and will only have about 20 minutes left! Roughly how long should I be getting?

Am I right in saying the battery is simply nackered? Is there anything I can do, or shall I just get a new one? I can get one here for about €50.
Thanks

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#2 26-11-2007 12:21am

AlmightyCushion

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By the sounds of it the battery is knackered. All you can do is buy a new one. I'm not sure what that battery is like but I remember people selling dodgy dell power supplies on ebay not too long ago so you should make sure the person has a good reputation.

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