Aspire 3100 Battery

How long (approx) should a fully charged battery last?

Mine goes for about 3 hours before I get a message saying to change to
mains power.

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Molesworth

Molesworth wrote:
> How long (approx) should a fully charged battery last?
>
> Mine goes for about 3 hours before I get a message saying to change to
> mains power.
>
Consider yourself fortunate. A more common run time is closer to 2.5 hrs.

In article <481a5ac7$0$20176$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
DC <dan@youdontneedtoknow.net> wrote:

> Molesworth wrote:
> > How long (approx) should a fully charged battery last?
> >
> > Mine goes for about 3 hours before I get a message saying to change to
> > mains power.
> >
> Consider yourself fortunate. A more common run time is closer to 2.5 hrs.

Is this usual? Would buying a new battery improve things?

A couple of hours is virtually pointless.

:-(

--
Molesworth

Molesworth wrote:
> In article <481a5ac7$0$20176$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> DC <dan@youdontneedtoknow.net> wrote:
>
>> Molesworth wrote:
>>> How long (approx) should a fully charged battery last?
>>>
>>> Mine goes for about 3 hours before I get a message saying to change to
>>> mains power.
>>>
>> Consider yourself fortunate. A more common run time is closer to 2.5 hrs.
>
> Is this usual? Would buying a new battery improve things?
>
> A couple of hours is virtually pointless.
>
> :-(
>
You're only solution, that I can think of, would be a separate portable
power supply. I haven't checked into these things lately, but I'm sure
somebody makes one that would work.