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    Dell Studio CRAZY - Battery Wear Level

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bigdarkmad, Dec 8, 2008.

  1. bigdarkmad

    bigdarkmad Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello Guys.
    I have some strange crazy wear level.
    On 11-28-2008 (my notebook Studio 1535 was on only 5 day) - wear level was 5 %
    On 11-29-2008 - it was 7 %
    After the technician replaced my motherboard it was 6 % (from 7 % to 6% very strange).

    Now today after I changed Ram places - It is up to 12%

    I use Everest (but other programs detect the same thing)!

    What happen here?

    5% -> 7 % -> 6 % -> 7% -> 12 %

    How it is possible?!
     

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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    I had a notebook battery go from 0% to 15% wear in a week after 3 full discharge charges, I got a replacment, now i dont do full discharges any more.

    Regards

    John.
     
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    bigdarkmad Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't do fully discharges too.
    I put the power supply when my battery is on 10-11%....
    Very strangly my battery wear level changes its status last 3 times after the notebook was opened.
    When the technician replaced my Wireless - It droped down to 6 % (from 7 % to 6%)
    After the technician replaced my MotherBoard (2 days later) - 7 %
    Now After I opened the notebook before 20-30 minutes - 12%

    After Dell replaced my motherboard and my wireless because "crackling sound" I doubt they replace my battery - because wear level.
    Is it possible information about the wear level to be wrong?
     
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    bigdarkmad Notebook Evangelist

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    I have little idea.
    Everytime after something is changed in notebook (Wireless replacement, motherboard replacement, ram places changes) the BIOS do slow load (re-initializing all components).
    So I guess BIOS detected the battery on different wear levels.
    But this from 7 to 6 and back to 7 % amaze me!
     
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    Is the notebook fully charged when you check the wear level? From past experience, the wear level shown in everest is only consistent if you get the value when the battery is full.
     
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  6. bigdarkmad

    bigdarkmad Notebook Evangelist

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    NO NOT FULLY CHARGED!
    But now I'm 100 % sure the changes in "wear level" are every time after BI!OS "reinitializing" slow load (BIOS update; some hardware changes....)

    The questions is: Who is wrong - BIOS or Battery?
     
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