Originally Posted by Josh Einstein

When this happened to my Toshiba, I drained the battery completely (turned
off all power options and left it on till it went dead) then charged it
fully. That seemed to fix it.

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"Josh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It is pretty normal for Windows to have issues talking to
> the motherboard to determine the exact battery charge.
> Give it another month and if it looks like it only charges
> to like 85% or less afer a few hours of charging try
> recalibrating the battery (boot to the BIOS by clicking
> the F2 key during the beginngin of the boot cycle, go to
> the Advanced menu, use the down arrow to highlight Battery
> Auto Learning and read the instructions to the right).
>
> If it still only charges to 80% or less after that, try
> talking to GW tech support about it. If it charges to
> between 89-99% then it is probably normal behavior.
> Depending on use you will need a new battery every year
> anyway. Batteries are only good for X number of charging
> cycles and they last about a year if you are a heavy user.
> That is why Gateway and others only have a one year
> warranty on the battery, otherwise they would go bankrupt
> repalcing them.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've had my Gateway 275XL for about 2 weeks now and I had
> a concern about the battery. I just noticed in my power
> meter that the battery only charges up to 98% capacity. I
> know that a 2% deteroriation doesn't sound like much but
> its only been about two weeks since I've had the machine,
> and if this continues at this rate, then I'd have to get a
> new battery every year or so. Does anyone know if this is
> supposed to happen or could this battery be defective?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>RV
>>.
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