I wouldn't assume that based on just unplugging the power right away. I would let it try to charge for a few hours before pulling the plug.
Even a good battery will discharge sitting on the shelf. -wes On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, so there's DEFINITELY something wrong with the laptop side of the > equation. Tried the old battery, which the laptop still ran on originally, > (and it was stored charged), and upon installation, turn it on, plugged > into > mains power. Unplug mains power, laptop shuts off immediately. Thing is, > it's a Sager 2200T. Can one still get parts (IE: a motherboard) for these? > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I bought the replacement pack from an OEM supplier, build quality was > > identical if not better, capacity was almost 1 Ah better, (measureable, > not > > just that they tweaked the sticker), etc... > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM, m0gely <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> wes wrote: > >> > You are correct, those are very interesting points. If your > >> understanding of > >> > the connector is correct, you should be able to recondition the cells > >> > individually. Or, if you can use a tester to find the bad one, just > >> > recondition that one. > >> > > >> > If it's less than a year old, I would suspect a manufacturing defect > in > >> the > >> > battery. Wouldn't be the first time... > >> > >> If you have a laptop battery that holds a charge at the 10 year mark you > >> are by far the exception. Almost any laptop I've ever seen at 4 to 5 > >> years, if the battery works at all it's usually around 10 to 15 minutes > >> of run time. > >> > >> And on another note, eBay is a Chinese flea market for laptop batteries, > >> no matter how genuine the auction says it is. If you get an actual > >> genuine battery from eBay you got very lucky. Check this out: > >> > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260370980796 > >> > >> FAKE! I know, I got one. And what's that, 9 some odd pages of images and > >> text convincing you otherwise. See how the battery says made in China in > >> two spots yet the country code says KR? Or how about the Rev A00 not > >> matching the white label? Capitalized mAH, should be mAh. And yet the > >> battery I got, which said made in Japan, was one digit off on the serial > >> number from the Chinese version in the picture, *one digit off in the > >> middle*! The manufacturing quality sucked in comparison to my original > >> too. > >> > >> </rant> > >> > >> -- > >> m0gely > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
