The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Battery Troubles - Software or Hardware?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by RandomSuffix, Dec 30, 2010.

  1. RandomSuffix

    RandomSuffix Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    33
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hey there,

    So a few months ago I noticed my battery life was significantly shorter. I contacted Dell, but they said they wouldn't do anything.

    Well, no the problem is massively worse.

    This is a strange issue, so it could be software, but I'm not sure.

    The battery life on my laptop seems fine, but then all of a sudden, the charge %age will drop significantly. BatteryBar monitors this as well, and shows a Battery Wear of 16.8%, a Full Lifetime of 2:08.

    I used a battery logger to track what was happening, and this is what I got -


    30/12/2010 17:27:28 - %72
    30/12/2010 17:29:53 - %6

    The battery life literally drops from ~70% to < 10%. It's done this a few times, but this is the first time I've set up some software to log it.

    Any advice?
     
    RandomSuffix, Dec 30, 2010
    #1
  2. blab8811

    blab8811 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    129
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Contact Dell once more and tell them your battery is defective. Hopefully you still have your warranty.
     
    blab8811, Dec 30, 2010
    #2