Solve : My new battery will only hold charge for 3 minutes?

1.	Solve : My new battery will only hold charge for 3 minutes?
Answer» Please help, my NEW battery left charging over night as directed, icon indicated charged to 100%, but only lasted for about 3 minutes and was fully discharged. I have read several forums and have tried the charging procedure 3 times now and still the discharges with in 3 minutes. I am using a TOSHIBA Satellite Pro A120 with Vista Business. Any help would be gratefully received.New=RETURN for refund or replacement ASAP.truenorthHi Thanks for your REPLY, but this is the 2nd new battery in a week!!!!!It might be the charger, not the battery, that has the problem. You may want to have your charger inspected or serviced.Quote from: jeg1961 on June 16, 2011, 12:23:17 PM ... but this is the 2nd new battery in a week!!!!! Could be new old-stock batteries. I had the same issue with my old laptop. 2 brand new batteries did exactly the same as yours. New batteries stored for many years just won't charge, chemicals are depleted.Yes and if that weren't bad enough wait until you see the PROBLEMS with the new "lithium ion" batteries that are becoming so popular in small hand held power tools (and probably other uses as well). With them if you don't use them sufficiently and they drop below a certain percentage of capacity (about 12% i believe) forget it they will NEVER be able to be recharged no matter how old they are or aren't.truenorth P.S. And the price of a replacement battery will be nearly as much as the device they are used in.Yes, batteries are trouble.

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Please help, my NEW battery left charging over night as directed, icon indicated charged to 100%, but only lasted for about 3 minutes and was fully discharged. I have read several forums and have tried the charging procedure 3 times now and still the discharges with in 3 minutes.

I am using a TOSHIBA Satellite Pro A120 with Vista Business.

Any help would be gratefully received.New=RETURN for refund or replacement ASAP.truenorthHi

Thanks for your REPLY, but this is the 2nd new battery in a week!!!!!It might be the charger, not the battery, that has the problem. You may want to have your charger inspected or serviced.Quote from: jeg1961 on June 16, 2011, 12:23:17 PM

... but this is the 2nd new battery in a week!!!!!

Could be new old-stock batteries. I had the same issue with my old laptop. 2 brand new batteries did exactly the same as yours. New batteries stored for many years just won't charge, chemicals are depleted.Yes and if that weren't bad enough wait until you see the PROBLEMS with the new "lithium ion" batteries that are becoming so popular in small hand held power tools (and probably other uses as well). With them if you don't use them sufficiently and they drop below a certain percentage of capacity (about 12% i believe) forget it they will NEVER be able to be recharged no matter how old they are or aren't.truenorth
P.S. And the price of a replacement battery will be nearly as much as the device they are used in.Yes, batteries are trouble.

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