Hi,
I have an HP dv6-6173cl. It's just old enough to be out of the 2-year warranty.
The battery was not holding a charge for long, so I bought a new one ($20 eBay). I did the full charge, discharge cycles. But, when fully charged, if I let drain down to anywhere from 90-50%, the laptop will power-off (not gracefully, it just blacks out).
So I bought a new battery (Ubatteries, also from eBay, $30). Installed the battery, let it charge overnight, turned it on this morning. I played a game online for 10 minutes, got down to about 90%, and poof, computer shuts off. Turned it back on, played for a few more minutes, and it turns off again.
I booted into Safe Mode, and ran some activities (Malwarebyes scan, etc), and the battery seems to be lasting a long while (though there is no battery gauge in Safe Mode).
Does this sound like laptop issue? Maybe the OS (Windows 7 x64 Home Premium)? Two defective batteries, or problems with their being non-HP? Is there some was to "wipe battery stats" or something (like on Android)?
Thanks for any assistance,
Mike
I have an HP dv6-6173cl. It's just old enough to be out of the 2-year warranty.
The battery was not holding a charge for long, so I bought a new one ($20 eBay). I did the full charge, discharge cycles. But, when fully charged, if I let drain down to anywhere from 90-50%, the laptop will power-off (not gracefully, it just blacks out).
So I bought a new battery (Ubatteries, also from eBay, $30). Installed the battery, let it charge overnight, turned it on this morning. I played a game online for 10 minutes, got down to about 90%, and poof, computer shuts off. Turned it back on, played for a few more minutes, and it turns off again.
I booted into Safe Mode, and ran some activities (Malwarebyes scan, etc), and the battery seems to be lasting a long while (though there is no battery gauge in Safe Mode).
Does this sound like laptop issue? Maybe the OS (Windows 7 x64 Home Premium)? Two defective batteries, or problems with their being non-HP? Is there some was to "wipe battery stats" or something (like on Android)?
Thanks for any assistance,
Mike