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Question1:”I’ve had my ASUS laptop on AC power about a year. Now all of a sudden the light that comes up (when laptop battery is not at 100% and indicates its charging) is always on. Sometimes i look at the battery meter and it says 60% even! now the battery meter actually says 100% and its still on.. but if i unplug the power cord it goes to 60% again..”

Answer:”tried the recalabration thing in the bios left it for 12 hours and that.
Rang up ASUS and said what I had tried and it was not charging etc..
They said that the recal should only take about 4 hrs and it sounds like the asus laptop battery is stuffed.
So they then said send in the battery and a week later a replacement battery was received in the post and its been working fine.

If your battery is still under the 1 yr warranty but you cant get it to them now saying your O/S (Navs14) give them a call (the Australian Service Cntr) from where you are and ask them what you can do. Hopefully they will be able to accommodate you.
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Question 2:”My ASUS UX50V Laptop battery keeps dying and won’t charge at first I thought it was a bad battery but then I went and bought a new one and it did the same thing twice any help as to what the problem may be why its not charging the asus ux50v battery???
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Solution:”That laptop, I believe it’s built into the motherboard. There is a seperate board that comes off the motherboard that connects to the battery, but do not mistake that for having anything to do with the DC-DC circuitry. It’s just serving to connect the laptop battery to the motherboard (and i believe that daughterboard also has your CMOS battery, your card reader, and a USB port).
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One thing that I just remembered (that might not apply to your particular problem) is that I saw a few Thinkpads back in the day that you had to clear their CMOS settings by pulling the battery to get them to charge a asus n61jq battery. I dont know why, and it probably doesn’t apply to your case, but it never hurts to try.
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But if all else fails, and your’re sure your laptop ac adapter is good, hit up eBay for a board.
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There are actions you can take to make your laptop battery last longer during each charge cycle and live longer over many cycles. Asus laptop battery always recommends following the instructions for charging and storage that came with the battery or notebook. On this page we offer additional suggestions to help you get the most from your portable laptop power supply.

1.Manage battery power more effectively in Windows

2.Make sure your battery gives the power you need, when you need it. Power Options in Windows XP allow you to control the power management features of your notebook PC.

3.Learn the tips for conserving battery power on notebook PCs.

4.Reduce the brightness of the screen to the minimum readable level. Use the Fn and F7 or F8 keys to adjust the brightness.

5.Remove peripherals when not in use. External hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip drives, PC cards, and other peripheral devices can draw power from your Asus G73JH battery even when they are not in active use. Disconnect them when you have finished using them.

6.Reduce the speed of your processor. The faster your computer works, the more quickly it uses up the supply of power. By cutting down on processor speed, you can extend the charge of your battery. Methods to reduce processor speed vary from model to model, and your manual should provide instructions for doing so.

7.Turn off the Wireless On-Off button when it is not in use. If your notebook has one, press the Wireless On-Off button so that the light turns off.

8.Learn some ‘Best Battery care practices’

1. Store Li-Ion batteries between 20°C and 25°C (68°F and 77°F) with 30% to 50% charge.
2. Do not leave batteries exposed to high temperatures for extended periods. Prolonged exposure to heat (for example, inside a hot car) will accelerate the deterioration of Li-Ion cells.
3. Remove the asus g73jh battery if the notebook will be stored (turned off and not plugged into AC power) for more than 2 weeks.
4. Remove the laptop battery if the notebook will be plugged into AC power continuously (via a wall adapter or docking station) for more than 2 weeks.

9.Calibrate the notebook PC battery.

• Short discharges and recharges do not fully synchronize the battery’s fuel gauge with the battery’s state-of-charge. This can result in the amount of power available in one cycle being less than expected or the Asus 07G016DH1875 battery meter being inaccurate.
• Under normal usage, batteries should be calibrated a minimum of once every 3 months.

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Question:”My laptop AC adapter is not working and is emitting a high pitched beep…any ideas about what’s wrong?

Last night I heard some beeping noises in my room, didnt pay much attention to it. Later on today, my Dell AC adapter will not work. The blue light isnt shining while its plugged up as it usually would do.

The beeping is coming from the vgp-bps9/s battery pack on the AC adapter. Its that block looking thing that is attached to the power cord (as you can tell i am not the most technical person). I looked at some online forums and i heard ideas ranging from open fuses to dead power cords.

The important thing is that sometimes it does work and sometimes it doesn’t. However this time it is not going back on and i am running low on sony vgp-bps9/b battery!”

Solution:”

Alright, first and foremost, your world is NOT going to end if your laptop AC adaptor is not functioning the First and foremost, when you are facing a laptop AC adapter that is NOT working, you should verify if the AC adaptor brick is receiving any power. Here’s how to do it: you need to shutdown your laptop computer and unplug the adapter from the system and from the power socket. Before, you proceed to the next step, give your laptop and the AC adaptor some cooling down period – about 5 seconds or so would be enough. After that, plug the adapter straight to the wall socket, bypass the surge protectors, UPS units, extension cords, and the like. If the laptop AC adapter works, its LED should produce a consistent green light. HOWEVER, if you don’t get that, you could try the laptop AC adapter on another outlet or you could check if the outlet works properly by plugging in a lamp or any sort of electric device.

If you have confirmed that the dell pa-12 adaptor is defective, The general consensus is that the easiest and safest method is to buy a new laptop ac adapter online as soon as possible – you don’t know when it will work and when it won’t!.I would recommend buying laptop ac adapter from laptopbatteryadapters.com because they offer lifetime warranty and free shipping to all ac adapters at a good price. This way, if something like this happens again, you can return it and get a new one. On the other hand, if it gives out the green light and seems to be working just fine, you should check your laptop for bad connections.

Here’s how to do it: you should take a closer look at the power socket and make sure that it is NOT bent or distorted, doesn’t have any missing parts or pushed in pins. You could plug in the device’s connector straight to your computer. Again, you should bypass surge connectors and protectors, extension cords, and everything in between. Make sure that the dell pa-10 adaptor fits perfectly and tightly into your laptop’s power socket. Here is another tip – if you can access a laptop (which is of the same model and manufactured year as yours), you could try using your adaptor on it. On the other hand, you could also try its adapter on your computer. If all else fails and you have confirmed that its your laptop AC adaptor that is problematic or mulfunctioning, it is time to proceed to step three.

Here’s how to deal with it – you should check if your computer is still under warranty. If your computer is still under warranty and the AC adapter does not respond to troubleshooting, contact your laptop’s manufacturer for replacement or repair. # being sure to include the following information:

Company name (if applicable):

Owners Full name:

System service tag:

Physical address (No PO boxes, include city, state and zip code):

Telephone number (with area code):

A detailed description of your troubleshooting (step numbers will mean nothing to the assisting technician)

On the other hand, if your laptop is quite old and is no longer under warranty, purchasing a new and compatible toshiba AC adaptor is the fastest and easiest way out.”

question:”Ive had this notebook for about 3 months, and the ac charger went bad, so I buy a new AC charger, it is not the exact same as the original. The original was a 19.5V and the replacement is a 19V. After I received it the batter was not being detected, unless I was doing something that required more power to the computer, in that case it would detect it, but not charge. So I called Asus and had a new asus g73jh battery sent. Now that I have the laptop battery it is being detected and says “(plugged in, charging).” However it has been staying at 5% battery…and at times it will jump to 17-20% battery life. On this notebook when you change the power source (battery/AC) it will display an image on the screen, and it keeps flashing the AC Mode, occasionally it will stay off for about 5 min then start flashing again. So My question is this, what is the problem, the AC charger, or something in the motherboard that charges the asus g73 battery? If it is an issue with the board Best Buy said it would take about 30 days to fix, I would have to send it in and wait to get it back.”

Answer:” Since you’ve passed your return date and full refund date, I would just suggest you send it into your manufacturer to have them fix it since you are under warranty. It seems like there is a lot of issues going on with your laptop and the first mistake was accepting the different asus laptop battery charger. You always want to try and aim for the exact laptop ac adapter you need.”

in addition:”While surfing the Web with minimum screen brightness, we squeezed one hour and 48 minutes out of the G73’s 8-cell battery pack. This is respectable for a large gaming notebook.the asus laptop battery life is shorter,you can buy a new replacement asus g73jh battery from batterywood.com.”

laptop battery can fail, or over time can lose their ability to hold a charge. If your laptop stop working, you can usually determine if a bad battery is causing the problem .you can remove the laptop battery and let the laptop work only with laptop ac adapter. If the batteryless laptop runs properly when connected to the adapter,the battery is bad. the laptop battery has most likely kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, and otherwise become defunct.
now you should buy a new one,replacement laptop battery is cheaper but can work properly.suggest you buy a replacement laptop battery from batterywood.com.

There are several different ways to do this. What you’ll need to do is go to your Start menu; choose Control Panel, and choose Power Options. Inside the power options there’s a power meter that shows the percentage of how charged your laptop battery is. You want to charge that battery to a hundred percent, and with the laptop running you want to unplug it for ten minutes. And after ten minutes, if your battery has lost more than one percent per minute, or if it has lost more than ten percent in ten minutes your laptop battery most likely needs to be replaced. And on some newer models a quick way to test your battery is using the light meter. You press it once and it shows how charged your battery is. If you hold down the button the lights will come on and then go back off, and if they come back on the more lights that come on the more the cells are damaged. So, on this particular battery, no lights came back on so the battery is good. If all the lights came back on the battery is bad.

If the battery is bad, you will receive a warranty ID number. Use this number to see if your laptop battery is still under factory warranty. If it is, submit the request for a replacement immediately.

If the hp laptop battery is out of warranty, the screen will display that it is no longer covered.