Toshiba Satellite A205 Strange Battery Issue

[canadaboy25]

Hey guys, I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 that is giving me some strange battery issues. Less than a year ago, I bought a brand new 9 cell battery from amazon. I believe it was an Anker battery but do not remember for sure. It had plenty of positive reviews so it seemed like a legit product. The battery has worked great for about 8 months but now it is giving me issues. I am not sure if the problem is in the battery or the laptop.

I can charge the laptop with it on or off and it seems to charge normally. The orange battery light will change to blue and the battery meter in XP will show 100% battery. The problem is the battery will run down normally until around the mid 80's and then it will drop to about 4%. I then plug the laptop in and the battery will sit at the same percentage for a very long time. Sometimes the percentage even goes down a bit. If I leave it for a while and come back it will say fully charged again.

I have tried steps I've read on the internet to re-calibrate the battery by letting it die completely and then charging it fully without turning the laptop on. This hasn't fixed anything and it is still showing the same problems.

Any ideas whether the problem is a calibration issue or the battery itself?

Thanks

[Andrew F. Ali]

Re: Toshiba Satellite A205 Strange Battery Issue

I think you did not exercise your new battery sufficiently...

[canadaboy25]

Re: Toshiba Satellite A205 Strange Battery Issue

I think you did not exercise your new battery sufficiently...

Hm? From what I understand you do not need to let lithium ion batteries fully discharge before charging them like you do with nimh batteries. Or are you referring to something else?