[RESOLVED] Battery Problems

[PhiloVance]

Confused:

First time laptop owner. Battery icon said 'plugged in not charging '. There are 4 lights around tbe edge of tbe kbd three are green (or blue) and one is red. The unit is approx 1.5 years old so I think its time to order a new batt, which I do.

Battery arrives today and while looking at the video on how to change it I look at the battery icon and it now says fully changed 100% , There are 3 green (or blue) lights around the kbd. Apparentley the red one has died.

What am I supposed to do?

[Train]

Unplug from the wall and see if it runs.

[PhiloVance]

Appears to work so far. I'm replying to you on battery power.

Should I Plug it back in?

[Train]

Do not leave it plugged in all the time.
Yes, my laptop and battery are over 7 years old and both are running just fine.
I do not depend on the battery light, but mouse over battery Icon is the systray and read that.

I, once in a while do this, step2 on down.
http://apcmag.com/properly-calibrate-laptop-battery.htm

[glussier]

What's your laptop brand and model? I leave my dell xps 13 plugged-in all the time and my battery still has 92% capacity after 1.5year. So, instead of having a 10hours autonomy like it had when it was new, it has 9.5hours or so.

[PhiloVance]

Dell Inspirion 17
Dell Laptop Battery for Dell Inspiron 14/ 17, Inspiron 1440, Inspiron 1750, 0F972N, 312-0940,312-0941,312-0941,J414N, K415N, K450N, OK456, G555N, OK45
Accessory
Sold by LIVEE

Ordered thru Amazon

[PhiloVance]

Going to keep my spare handy and will install when old one gets too bad. Thanks for all the tips.

[Train]

Dec 29th 2007 is when I bought that Toshiba A505D and it is still running on the original battery.
And it sure has the road miles on it.

Good LUCK with it.