Hello all... well, I would guess that my battery is completely dead but I'm just not 100% sure. Only a few weeks ago it had decent life and I was getting about 50 mins to 1 hour off it... but within the last week it has just fallen off a cliff. Gauge % indicator at lower right showing plenty of juice left and like 90 mins or so remaining, and then only 15 minutes of life then shutdown (with no warning). Then a few days later, gauge still all great and optimistic, and then maybe about 5 mins of life. Yesterday tried booting up without adapter and it finished the boot, but about 30 seconds after, shut down. Today - as soon as I unplug the AC adapter it will *immediately* shut down. (Solid amber light is showing next to adapter when plugged in. ) Odd thing is that doing a "Battery Report" via command line in Windows 10, shows no problem.... all normal voltages and wattages and such. Doing a battery test in "HP PC Hardware Diagnostics" strangely shows that the battery "passed" and the AC adapter "failed". So I don't know what to believe! lol.
Anyway, I daresay the battery is just about dead, but I'm wondering if there is some test I could do to confirm, or maybe "re-calibrate". Possibly something I can do to maybe eke out a few seconds/minutes of life on it - just enough to allow me to unplug the adapter from one location here in the house and walk over to another location and plug it right back in. Thanks all !
Cheers
Shawn
Anyway, I daresay the battery is just about dead, but I'm wondering if there is some test I could do to confirm, or maybe "re-calibrate". Possibly something I can do to maybe eke out a few seconds/minutes of life on it - just enough to allow me to unplug the adapter from one location here in the house and walk over to another location and plug it right back in. Thanks all !
Cheers
Shawn