Re: [gpm] Battery failing to charge?????

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On 7 December 2011 13:32, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig summaventures com> wrote:
> My old battery was severely the worse for wear. I replaced it and the
> new one failed to charge properly. I sent that one back and got another.
> This one too appears to charge poorly. The first one I could understand
> is might be faulty, but two??

Sure. Try taking the battery out of the machine and leaving it for 24
hours, although for a new battery it should just work.

> At the present Indicator Applet 0.4.12 says "Battery charged" yet when I
> click on where is says "Laptop Battery charged" and go to percentage it
> says that it is only 4.7% charged. This is confirmed (??) if I pull out
> the AC coupler when it says that the battery is discharging and only has
> 5% power left.

If you leave it for 24 hours, does it ever go above 5%? Have you tried
to recalibrate the battery at all?

Richard.