Re: Can a Laptop kill a battery?

2003-09-24 Thread Paul Nicholson
never uses his on battery power, so I found this strange. Also on the lombard it took 5 hours to charge both batteries, while they only lasted for 2. Your question Can a Laptop kill a battery? Your batteries are dying a slow death and this is typical of repeated charge and discharge cycles

Can a Laptop kill a battery?

2003-09-23 Thread Geoff Doctor
Hello, About a year ago I bought two used M7318 batteries from someone on the swaplist. They have worked fine up until The last 2 months, where they have both gone from holding 3 hour charges down to 1:34 and 1:48. Power resets have not helped. I do use these batteries daily for school,

Re: Can a Laptop kill a battery?

2003-09-23 Thread Krevnik
The short answer: Laptops always kill batteries. The long answer: The likely cause is the constant use these batteries are seeing. LiIon batts only last for so long before giving up, and the more frequently you drain and charge them, the shorter they last. With daily discharges, and getting