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Old 2012-02-02, 18:20   Link #14
Sides
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde View Post
I had a laptop with a battery that only last for 5 minutes fully loaded (I swear I didn't thought of my laptop as EVA, honest! ). Admittedly it was from the age of Pentium4. From what I hear, this comes more quickly if you plug the charger 24/7 (which I kinda did), but I guess all battery will meet this same fate eventually, yeah?
The problem in your case is the heat that the battery is exposed to, that comes from other parts from your laptop. Other issues that is pretty common with laptops is dirty or oxidation on the connectors/terminals.
But yeah nothing last forever.
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