I have an EEE 1005P netbook for a few years. I went on vacation (travel) for a month and left it at home with the battery still in, wrapped in cloth and plastic. When I got back I noticed several new things, specifically: (1) The netbook cannot detect the battery anymore. It starts and goes into windows, but the battery icon keeps on stalling at "calculating..." and won't show the actual percentage. I've tried installing other software to tell battery life (Battery Bar and Sandra Lite) but they all can't seem to detect the battery. (2) The battery cannot be charged anymore. After using it for several hours without any reliable indicator of remaining battery time it just shut off. When I plugged the AC adaptor the brick lights up but the indicator light to show it's charging does not. The computer runs when I plug in the AC power but immediately shuts off once I disconnect it from the wall. Here's what I've tried so far: (1) Reset the laptop by draining the battery, taking it out battery, pressing the power button for 30sec, then putting it back in. Even tried leaving it on for 24hrs after draining then long-pressing the power button a couple of times. Doesn't work. (2) Updated the BIOS to the latest version - 1202 - still doesn't work. (3) Reset the BIOS settings as instructed in the Asus Support Page - no changes. (4) Uninstalled the Microsoft ACPI Controller. Nothing. I managed to borrow a working exact same unit from a friend, and here's what I've discovered: (1) My power adaptor worked on my friend's 1005P, meaning his battery got charged with my adaptor. Which I suppose mean it's not an adaptor problem. (2) My battery gets detected as well as charged to full capacity when I put it in my friend's 1005P. Which I suppose means my battery's still pretty functional. (3) When I put in my friend's battery in my 1005P, same thing happens - it's not detected and doesn't seem to charge. I've come to the conclusion that it's a motherboard problem - either something with the charging mechanism or the battery connection itself. As a new motherboard costs about half the price of a brand-new unit (I have no warranty anymore), I'm not so thrilled about buying a new mobo right away when there may be another solution. So I'm asking the second opinion of other more knowledgeable, technically proficient experts and users out there - do you think it's really a motherboard problem? I'm also quite confused about the cause for this. Can leaving the laptop inside a dusky drawer for a month with the battery still in mess up the board? I've noticed sometimes I get sticky keys too after not using the unit for a while... I hope you can enlighten me on this. I'd really appreciate any help and new info. Thanks and more power!
Honestly you've done everything correctly that i could think of. one last thing you could try to root out a problem with the os. is boot the computer from hirens boot disk and load the portable Windows. see if the battery is detected in hirens. then youll know if its a Windows problem or not.
personally i feel the board is the issue but it doesn't hurt to check the complete os.
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Hello All;
I used to have these same problems. I replace my BIOS battery, which I know was dead, because all settings get reset when I unplug the power and remove main battery. You might not have to replace it if its still good. Back to the main battery problem, You have a good change of solving this by going into BIOS, and under Tools there is a Battery Calibration option. Do the calibration for the main battery and-or other optional batteries attach and it will most likely solve the problems. This calibration process will take a long time; 1-charge, 2-discharge, 3-recharge, so leave it over night or however.
There was a mention of updating BIOS. This could solve the problem too, because BIOS controls the charging unit. Also, make sure you have Compaq Power Management install on your OS, (download at hp.com).
One note: it will not charge if the battery is about 93% or higher. 93 is not exact, but close to 90%. so test by discharging to below 90% and it will start charging again.
If anyone tries this, leave a post of your success or failure.
SOURCE: eee pc 1005p windows 7
Can you please provide me with what steps you have takes, suggest including the following.
Is the Battery in the unit -
Is the unit plunged into the wall -
Does the screen power on -
What is displayed on the screen -
Thanks
Dustin
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Ifthe laptop battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be wornout. Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cyclesand will lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% andgradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up atall. ORThe battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected thebattery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time. Ifthe battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to bereplaced.
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The fact that the laptop is recognising the battery's presence and yet is not receiving any power from it is not a good sign I'm afraid. There are batteries available online for around £40 but you may want to take the laptop to a repair centre first where they can usually tell you (for around £7-£10) if it is definitely a battery malfunction or not before you splash out on a new one.
Sorry I can't be any more help, battery issues are usually pretty black and white, they're either broken or working. Hope you manage to get it sorted either way.
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Batteries have electronics data that software has to get to properly charge it. Newer lithium batteries maybe different. But apparently, you have a work around for a lengthy use of the new battery.
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