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Question about laptop battery

Apr 7, 2012 2:36PM PDT

The computer suddenly runs out of power every time when its battery capacity is down to about 65%(the power level indicator shows).

Is the battery dying or the system(Vista) going wrong?

Thanks

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I do not have Vista to look at but
Apr 8, 2012 3:51PM PDT

In some control panel you can set the alarm and shutdown to some PER CENT of the Battery. My brother did muck that up so I had to look for that and change it back to 10%
Bob

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It's not the case
Apr 9, 2012 8:08AM PDT

The computer(the same HP dv6000) shut down in about 10 minutes after starting up with a full battery charge and could not be turned on again with the battery power alone.

Later, I found that the battery power dried up very fast and its capacity down to about 60% in 10 minutes.

I just couldn't figure out if the problem caused by motherboard or the battery alone.

Thanks.

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Thanks for the information.
Apr 9, 2012 11:15AM PDT

The dv6000 models are well past the date that we expected the battery to last so here's the deal. Most folk will never put in a new battery when it's called for. And no shop I know of will loan you a battery.

Then we have the dv6000 story. It's not a good one.

You'll have to tell me this battery is less than a year old to make me think it's the motherboard.
Bob