“I have read here and there on superuser and it looks like I could have:

Faulty recharge circuitry

Faulty asus eee pc 1005ha battery

Faulty asus ac adapter

How can I be sure to change the right part?

The netbook is an Asus Eee PC 1005 and it looks like it has no calibration tool in bios. The asus eee cp 1005ha battery died from a day to another (last week it lasted 5 hours, now 0 seconds). The netbook works if I connect the powerplug and battery but as soon as I disconnect the powerplug it dies: laptop battery won’t last a single second.

Battery led is blinking like if it is charging. I’ve tried 2 different operating systems (windows 7 and ubuntu) and I get the same result: Battery in charge: 0% even charging for many hours. I think (if I’m lucky) that I’ll get the change to test a friend’s asus power adapter during this week end but I still have no clues.

Asus offered me the chance to repair the netbook under warranty but if they find out that parts are not faulty I’m gonna pay money so I want to be sure that something is really broken and I also have the horror they’ll keep the netbook for a month, scratch it, lose data (I’ll backup it, I know) and other sad things so if I’m sure to solve buying a new battery I’d happily do it… I just want to be sure not to waste money.

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Solution 1: Since all of the parts are from Asus it is Asus hardware that is at fault. In this situation, I wouldn’t even test he parts individually. Asus is better equipped to test for what is wrong then you are. Just make sure to do the basic troubleshooting steps given to you by Asus support. They can certify that it is not operator error and help you process the warranty service.

I would always expect that laptop warranty service to take upwards of a month. Always ask the service rep for an expected timetable to replacement/repair. Ask if they can send you a replacement laptop battery once they verify the problem. That is the fastest way to get a system back.

Always backup your data before sending out your system and always delete any personal data on the laptop. While the techs probably don’t care what is on there, you never know.

Solution 2:
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Since the notebook works when plugged in, I would think it is not the asus power adapter.

The adapter is the easiest component to test in isolation. Use a Volt-ohmmeter and see if it is putting out as much DC voltage as it says on the boilerplate.

By using different operating systems, you seem to have reduced the likelihood of faulty software.

Can you swap out your battery with a friend’s Asus laptop battery? Or buy a cheap replacement asus eee pc 1005 battery online? That would eliminate “Faulty Battery.” An extra Asus UX50V Battery would come in handy and you will probably need to replace it before your HDD goes.

If it’s still under warranty, by all means, send it in and let Asus diagnose.”

Instructions

1 Look at the bottom of your laptop and write down the laptop’s model number and brand. Then remove the battery from its slot and write down the model number of the battery itself and the type such as lithium-ion or nickel metal hydride. The documents that came with the computer, such as the invoice, warranty card or information document, might provide other useful information such as an order number and/or customer number and proof and time of purchase.

2 Check the website of the company that made your computer. If your dell inspiron 1520 battery died before its time, or is still under warranty, you might be able to get a new battery free direct from the manufacturer. If you can’t order it online, locate the company’s customer service phone number and call.

3 Go to the store from which you purchased the computer. Tell the store clerk the information about the computer and see if the store sells replacement batteries. If you purchased an extended warranty plan, it might cover a replacement inspiron 1564 battery.

4 Go to a computer service business with the information about your computer. The clerk or technician might be able to locate one for you or have them in stock.

5 Stores that specialize in electronic services or batteries such as Radio Shack, Batteries Plus or Interstate Batteries might have your laptop battery as well. You can also find some battery companies online.

The battery in a laptop, will usually last anywhere from 18 to 36 months. This span is the expected life of a battery with no extra steps taken by the user. But if you take a little extra time and care of your power source, you might be able to extend the life of your laptop battery or at the very least, improve the performance of the day to day life of about battery.

1 If you are not going to use the laptop for several days, take the vostro 1200 battery out of the computer.

2 Keep the laptop and the battery in a comfortable temperature. Exposure to high heat or extreme cold can damage the battery; not to mention the laptop.

3 Once a month, allow the battery to drain completely. Make sure you have saved all your work and leave no programs open while draining the battery.

4 Be sure to have the power adapter plugged into a surge protector, not just a wall outlet.

5 Do not constantly leave the power adapter plugged in. When the adapter is plugged in, the sony vgp-bps21 battery is constantly being charged. This is taxing on the battery’s life span.

Decrease hard drive activity To minimize the frequency with which your hard disk has to spin up to access data, Salinas recommended defragmenting your hard drive regularly. This optimizes the placement of data on the drive so that it can be found more quickly. You can find the Disk Degfragmenter in the Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools menu. Beyond that, he advised optimizing Windows’ paging file, which is an area of the hard drive that serves as virtual memory whenever your RAM is full. To change it, go to the Control Panel and click through System/Advanced/Performance Settings/Advanced/Virtual Memory Change and set both the initial and maximum paging file size to 1.5 times the capacity of the installed memory.

Disable startup items Startup items load into memory every time Windows boots up, which causes other open applications to spill over into virtual memory and adds to the CPU load. You can disable the startup options by opening the associated programs and going to the Options or Preferences menu. You can also remove them from the Start/Programs/Startup folder or by clicking Start/Run, entering C:MSCONFIG, and clicking OK. Select the Startup tab and clear the checkbox beside any unnecessary background items, like qttask (QuickTime).

Don’t use any external devices. USB and PC-Cards (aka PC-MCIA) use your dell xps m1330 battery to function, even when you aren’t using them! Have an EVDO card or maybe a USB mouse? Remove them if you can. Even a memory card reader in your PC-MCIA slot uses power just by being in there. The effect varies based on the type of device, but even a few minutes here and there (as you’ll see) add up significantly.

Power down the display “You can often yield up to ten minutes of dell laptop battery life per level of brightness lowered,” said Salinas. DeHoop added that lowering the brightness “may give you as much as an extra hour of runtime.” In addition, lowering the screen resolution and color depth decreases the workload on the GPU, thus extending the battery runtime. You can change these by going to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Display and clicking the Settings tab. Disabling extra features like ClearType fonts and fade effects will cut down on the CPU’s power consumption. You can find these in the Control Panel under System/Advanced/Performance Settings/Visual Effects.

Single-task, not multi-task. The more you are doing at the same time with your PC, the more memory and CPU usage increases. Both of which directly use up dell inspiron 1525 battery. Close any applications you aren’t using, even the small ones. When doing some experimentation, I found it more efficient to run a single application at a time, then close it and open a new one when ready to move on. While your hard drive uses the battery too, if you are doing anything ‘productive’ you are probably hitting the drive on a regular (even if infrequent) basis anyway.

Turn off unused devices Both of our gurus mentioned disabling unused devices. Many new notebooks provide a hard-wired On/Off switch for the Wi-Fi radio for this reason. Beyond that, you should go to the Control Panel, select System/Hardware/Device Manager, and disable the Ethernet adapter, infrared transceiver, and Bluetooth radio (if your notebook has one). It was designed for mobile devices, but having Bluetooth enabled actually consumes quite a bit of power.

Keep it cool. You can take a page out of the extreme gamer’s handbooks, and have your system perform more optimally by keeping it cool. Make sure your air vents (inflow and outflow) aren’t blocked by anything, which often occurs by poorly positioning your notebook on your lap (which is known to have some other side-effects too, by the way). Heavy CPU and memory use all contribute to heat as well, hence my comment on multi-tasking above.

Hot Dell Laptop Battery : dell vostro 1310 battery, dell inspiron 1545 battery , hp compaq 6535 battery

1.1 For Sony VGP-BPS8/Sony VGP-BPL8,/Sony VGP-BPS9 Battery/Sony VGP-BPL9/Sony VGP-BPS9/B/VGP-BPS9/S,BPS10/BPL10,Sony VGP-BPS11/Sony VGP-BPL11/Sony VGP-BPX11 battery drivers,they all can be installed in all xp/vista/windows7 32 bits operating system laptops; for bps12 till follow-up models battery drivers,such as bps13 bps14. they all can be installed in all vista/windows7 32 bits and 64 bits operating system laptops.

1.2 Please make sure that the antivirus software and firewall are all closed before the driver installation.

1.3 If you are using windows xp system, just run the software as instructed as 2.1 or 2.2 pictures show ,step by step; if you are using vista or windows 7 system,it is required that the drivers installation must be proceed in “Adminstrator” user. Please click here for how to enter “Adminstrator”user.

1.4 It may take 3- 40 mins to install ,depending on your own laptop configurations,so it must not be cut off power ,removed battery neither shut off the laptop by force.Otherwise, it may damage your laptop.

1.5 For the models which are already confirmed to be compatiable with ,please click:

2.The detailed installation way of the driver

2.1 Close your laptop ,insert the good working as well capacity above 2% original sony laptop battery (Important notice:If the original battery below 2% capacity or if without original battery,please reference the 2.3 way installation) ,boot your laptop ,copy the sonysetup.exe file to your laptop in CD,install it as following picture show

Step One, Double_click “sonysetup.exe”the driver soft will run automatically,the installing windows will pop-up,choose ”Accept Agreement” as below

Step Two：When Choose the “Accept Agreement”, it has been defaulted in “File Mode”. Simply click “Update” to begin. The upgrade process will automatically back up the original BIOS. The laptop will reboot automatically after the BIOS update is completed.

Step three ：Once the laptop has rebooted, replace the laptop battery with your new intelligent battery. And then fully charge the battery before use.

Note:” File Mode” is the safe mode, it will automatically back up the original BIOS file before update,higher security level,recommended to users for update.

“Patch Model”will update BIOS patch files.The security level is inferior to”File model”.

2.2 If you succeed in installing with the ways mentioned above ,but the battery light is flicking ,please turn off your laptop and insert your battery again, boot your laptop ,then it can work fine.

2.3

2.3.1 If you only have new oem sony laptop battery above 2% capacity ,without any original battery , please only connect the adaptor with your laptop without any battey,run the program directly ,then will come up with a error message which shows no battery. If so ,please close your software installationm,insert your oem battery ,run the software again as 2.1 picture shows.Finally,you can succeed.

2.3.2 Please charge the orginal battery capatity till 2% first if less ,then run the software.

Hot Sony laptop battery : sony vgp-bps21 , sony vgp-bps13 , sony vgp-bps22 , sony vgp-bpl21

Instructions

* 1 Make sure your replacement Dell studio 1535 battery is ready to go by taking it out of its packaging and placing it somewhere nearby.

* 2 Save any open files on which you’re working. Since turning the system off isn’t required when changing the battery, this is more of a precaution than a necessity.

* 3 Plug your Inspiron AC adapter into a nearby wall socket. Then, connect the end of the adapter cable to your notebook’s power socket.

* 4 Turn your notebook over and find the dell xps m1530 battery latch. Slide the latch into the release position and pull out the old battery.

* 5 Install the new Dell battery by simply popping it into place. The alignment of the studio 1535 battery should be easy to figure out, since there’s only one side of it that connects to the receptor pins in your notebook’s battery bay.

* 6 Make sure the battery latch pops back into the locked position. If it’s jammed in the unlocked position, gently wiggle the battery back and forth to pop it back.

* 7 Keep your notebook plugged in to the wall socket in order to charge the new laptop battery. You can check the status of its charge by clicking on the system tray icon shaped like a battery.

Tips & Warnings

* If you don’t have access to laptop power adapter, stand your notebook by or shut it down before removing the old battery.

* Don’t remove the old battery when it’s still in use.

Purchase Vostro 1710 battery replacement here, extend your internet business and journey. Our laptop battey is a safty and fresh battery. The battery Vostro 1710 is compatible with Dell notebooks including the Vostro 1710 1720.

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Replacement code :

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Fits model :

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Customer Reivew

I bought this to replace my 1 year old dell vostro 1710 batteries. At first, I did some research to compare this battery with the ones sold by Dell. There wasn’t much information on the internet regarding Replacement batteries. Diggingshop.com is a battery manufacturer. I decided to try these out because the price was within my budget;

Performance:

This Replacement dell vostro 1710 battery is as good as the Dell-Branded ones made by Sanyo Corporation. I get roughly 3-4 hours out of it with WiFi on, screen dimmed, and moderate web-surfing. I am dual-booting Windows 7 RC 7100 and Windows Vista. I get about 20-35 minutes more with Windows 7. I think the new Operating System is much more efficient with managing windows resources compared to the bloated Vista.

I hope this review helps someone that’s deciding on buying replacement batteries. Dell batteries are clearly overpriced.

Let’s see…an original 56Wh Dell T118C battery (this is NOT a third-party knock-off) for 1/3 Dell’s price. What’s not to love about this deal?! Whether or not it provides enough endurance is your call. As an Vostro 1710 owner, I can say this battery provides about 3 hrs of power. If you want about 4.5-5hrs, go for a nine-cell.

Related laptop ac adapter: Dell pa-10 19.5V 4.62A 90W Adapter for dell vostro 1710.

Question :”When I inserted the sony vgp-bps9 battery, the yellow battery light came on and continuously blinks. When I pulled up the battery information, it said that the battery was 52% charged, but not charging.

Then within one minute of turning on the computer, a box opened up saying:

The installed battery may not be properly connected to the computer or may not be compatible with the computer.”.

Click “ok” to enter Hibernate mode, and remove and reinsert the battery.

See the electronic VAIO(R) User Guide for more information about using the sony vgp-bps9/b battery.
”

Sony VGP-BPS8 VGP-BPS9 Laptop Battery Driver instructions

What is a Driver?

A driver is a piece of software that allows the operating system to communicate with the hardware devices in your system. Devices such as video cards, sound cards, and modems all require drivers to function correctly.

How To Install A Driver

1. Shut down your laptop and then remove the vgp-bps9 s sony battery.

2. Use your adapter to turn on the laptop.

3. Insert the CD-Rom into your laptop, go to step 7, if your laptop have setup Autorun function.

4. Double click “my laptop”, then go to step 5, if your laptop didn’t setup Autorun function.

5. Double click CD device.

6. Double click “*.exe” file to run the driver.

7, Click “agree”, then click “run”.

8, The laptop will reboot automatically till it turn off automatically.

9. Plug in replacement Sony VGN-CR590 battery then Restart your laptop, your battery will now work with your laptop.

Attention:

1, Don’t turn off laptop while installing

2, Laptop will turn off automatically after updating is complete.

In addition：

1．When the laptop batteries vgp-bps9/s was 0% charged, recommend turn off you laptop, please charge your sony vgp-bpl9 battery 10 minutes then turn on your laptop.

2．Discharge to 10%, please charge the battery.

Considerations
In addition to considering the amount of stored power available, you should look at the power saving practices of your computer. Go to your “computer control panel”. Go to “Mobile PC or Power” settings. Go to change battery settings. Consider adjusting the settings to “power saving” or “balanced” to conserve battery power.


Prevention/Solution
Clean the battery’s metal contacts with a cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol. This helps the dell vostro 1510 battery run efficiently.
Do not allow your fully charged battery to sit unused for more than two or three weeks. Never let a Lithium-Ion battery completely discharge

In 2006, there was a recall on certain Dell models made between 2004 and 2006 because of problems with certain Sony batteries.
Often it is not the dell mini 10 battery that causes a problem, but the DC power jack. The jack connects the computer to the AC power adapter. If you have dropped or shaken your computer too much, it may have a loose or damaged power jack. Before seeking to replace your computer or battery, check the power jack.

Sometimes you CAN “rejuvinate” a rechargeable dell xps m1530 battery that doesn’t want to take a charge anymore. You first need to have a basic understanding of WHY the battery is not taking the charge in the first place.

As a battery is used/charged/recharged, it develops little “hairs” of chemical that create an electrical link between the positive and the negative parts inside. This is, in effect, a short circuit inside the battery. If you are trying to recharge the battery, it appears to be charging, but once you take the charger off, there’s still no juice available. This is because of this “short” inside the battery.

I had four rechargeable laptop batteries for an old laptop, and this procedure worked just fine on them. Just note that this does NOT work every time. In my opinion, for every 10 batteries you ‘rejuvinate’, you may end up tossing 3 of them in the garbage! But then, what have you got to lose?

Basically, you will be “burning” out those little “chemical hairs” with a reverse charge.

You will need access to an automotive battery, and a pair of booster cables. You will need to determine the polarity of the dead vgp-bps2c battery …. Which is the positive tab, and which is the negative one on the battery?

Please note that I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for injury or damage to anything! You do this at your own risk. Read the instructions below BEFORE you do any of this!

Do this OUTSIDE, and wear safety glasses and gloves! You can never be too careful!

Put the booster cables onto the automotive battery. The red goes on the Positive (+), and the black on the

Negative (-). Make sure the other ends of the booster cables don’t touch one another. Very similar to boosting someone’s car that won’t start, except we are going to do something different!

Now take your dead hp dv2000 battery, and lay it so you can see the Positive and Negative tabs on it. Best to leave it on the ground, or a flat spot somewhere, rather than hold it in your hands.

What we do next is to apply a very FAST, REVERSE CHARGE from the automotive battery to the dead computer vgp-bps8 battery. The thing to note here is that it is a very quick, fast reverse charge. DO NOT CLAMP the booster cables to the dead battery!

Take the black, Negative (-) booster cable lead, and hold it onto the POSITIVE (+) tab of the dead battery.

Yes, that’s right. It’s backwards. This is half of the job.

Now, take the Positive (+) booster cable lead, and TAP it ONCE on the NEGATIVE (-) tab of the dead laptop battery, and remove it immediately! DO NOT HOLD IT IN PLACE!!!! Your connection here should not be a connection, but just about as long as it takes for you to blink your eye quickly. A QUICK TAP! ….. ONLY DO THIS ONCE!

You may be tempted to do this again, because it might look like nothing happened! DON’T! …. What you just did is apply a very big amount of reverse current to the old dead cell, even though you didn’t see anything. (at most, you may see a small spark). Hopefully, this was JUST enough to burn the ‘chemical hairs’ off, but not enough to damage the cells in the dell inspiron 1520 battery. That’s why it is important not to hold the lead on for more than a 1/10 of a second, and not to try doing it again.

Remove all leads, put your automotive cell and cables away. Try charging your ‘dead’ sony vgp-bps8 battery now. If the above procedure did indeed ‘fix’ your sony vgp-bps9 battery, it will behave JUST LIKE A NEW ONE!

If not, you can repeat the above procedure a couple of times, and try recharging again.

Works for me!

Just be careful. If you are not technically inclined, have someone who IS give you a hand. Just have them read this before THEY do anything either!

I must say this again – you do the above at your own risk, although I never had any problems doing this myself, I can’t be responsible for anyone else!

Save on electricity and get the most out of your laptop when you aren’t plugged in. Here are ten steps to make your BATBL50L6 laptop’s battery last longer.

#Step 1 Dim your screen

For most laptops dimming is a button on the top row that looks like a sun with a down arrow. Press it repeatedly to reach the dimmest screen setting you can still function with.

#Step 2 Turn off programs running in the back ground that you aren’t using

Programs like Itunes, chat programs, Windows Customer Experience Center. All of these take laptop battery life to run, you can extend your battery juice a little bit farther by turning them off. You can even go so far as to set them up not to auto start. This will also decrease the amount of time it takes to start up your computer. If you use an email program like gmail or yahoo you can choose to turn off the chat functions and run on the html setting. You will need to manually refresh to see updates, but you will use a lot less energy.

#Step 3 Run off a hard drive or jump drive rather than a CD or DVD

CDs and DVDs need to spin to function. Spinning takes energy. Hard drives and jump drives don’t spin.

#Step 4 Turn your computer off or to hibernate mode

A “sleeping” computer or a computer on standby is still using quite a bit of energy so that it can start up quickly right were you left off. To conserve the most energy turn it all the way off or set it to hibernate.

#Step 5 Optimize your power settings

Most laptops have a power setting option. Click on the AS07B41 battery icon on your desktop (mine’s in the lower left corner) and you should get the option for several power modes. Choose the one that is called “power saver” or something similar. Some laptops will automatically switch when they aren’t plugged in.

#Step 6 Don’t use sound

Turn the sound off on your computer – it takes up to seven times more energy to play sound than just use the screen of your laptop. If you must have sound, use your headphones. They take far less energy.

#Step 7 Don’t have multiple programs running

When you are working off your Acer Aspire 5920 battery use only one program at a time. Email that refreshes itself constantly can be a big drain on the battery, so close it when you aren’t using it directly.

#Step 8 Keep your temperatures down

A hot computer is an inefficient computer. Use the canned designed to clean electronics to clean out the vents. They are often on the bottom of your laptop. Also if you are using your laptop on a soft surface like a pillow you maybe blocking those vents and your computer isn’t cooling properly. Get a lap board or a large notebook to set your computer on instead.

#Step 9 Defrag your hard drive

You can have a more efficient computer not just in how fast it can do the tasks you give it but in the energy it uses by simply defragging it. Apples tend to not need as much defragging as PCs.

#Step 10 Get a new battery or new computer

Older batteries tend to not hold charge as well. If you have had your battery or used it a lot you may benefit from a new one. There are also lots of new laptops out there that are super efficient. Many are built specifically for use on Acer Aspire 5720 battery alone. If you will be working often without a power source make it a priority in your next computer.