Why does laptop battery show < 100% charge

[Paolo Galtieri]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 17:51 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
> > This is something that has been driving me crazy over the last several
> > weeks.  I have my laptop plugged into AC power and has been plugged
> > into AC power for several days now, but the battery applet shows 97.3%
> > charge.  It has been showing < 100% for several days and never reaches
> > 100%.  The battery is less than 3 months old.  I'm running F11 with
> > all the latest updates.
> >
> > I would appreciate any ideas as to why this is the case.  There have
> > been no power outages so it seems to me there is no reason my battery
> > should show < 100% charge.
> >
> > In case it makes a difference I'm running wireless on a 3945ABG.  The
> > processor is a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200  @ 2.00GHz
> ----
> sounds as if the battery needs to recalibrate itself. Try running on
> battery power for 15-30 minutes and then plug it in again and it should
> reach full charge.
>
> Craig
>
>
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> Between the time the time I originally sent the email and now the battery
status had not changed.  It still says 97.3% charged.  I am now running on
battery.  I'll let it run for a while, as you suggest, and then plug the AC
back in.

Thanks,
Paolo

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