Possible dead battery, acer travelmate 225x

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"Thomas Edwards" <tom@yplasaber.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to test if a battery has 'died'? My acer will not run
> on
> battery for long, even with the 'power meter' showing 100%. I think
> that
> using it with AC and the batt connected may have killed it.
>
>

No matter if you keep the battery in a freezer, the lifetime of a
lithium ion battery is about three years.

Q