[SOLVED] The battery LED is flashing: is this a real problem?

RandomTroll · 07-02-2015, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Why discard it? You say that it is working normally.

I meant that if the battery ends up not working soon I'll chalk the loss up to experience and try the next-cheapest battery, possibly from the vendor from whom I bought the previous battery - rather than take it to a professional to diagnose or return it to the vendor.

In addition to not-reporting its status it claims it's designed to deliver 5.2 amp-hours but the first full charge was about 4.2 and it's been decreasing every charge, so it may not last long.

RandomTroll · 07-02-2015, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rokytnji

I get unknown all over the place on this netbook. Which is understandable since it is a one of a kind unit that is not built by Dell, HP, IBM, Acer, Asus, Samsung, or any other major vendor.

I'm talking about the contents of /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status. Previous batteries, and yours, have always reported something, usually 'charging' or 'discharging' or 'fully charged'.

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Originally Posted by rokytnji

I do not sweat the small stuff.

I'm not sweating; I'm inquiring.

RandomTroll · 07-03-2015, 12:24 PM

It seems that the battery's firmware doesn't know how to handle the case of the charge being less than 100% but not charging (The battery only charges when its charge drops below something like 95%). Right now it's 102% charged (the charge is higher than full charge). It would seem that the firmware has bugs.