EEE PC 701 Battery issues

Moredhel · 20 Aug 2009 at 10:35

Hi,

Got a problem with an EEE 701 and was wondering if it was something common to the Eees or if it's defective.

After a full charge the battery lasts about 2-3 hours of minimal use, albeit with the screen brightness not reduced by any great amount. This is okish, but could be better. The main issue is that when the thing is completely switched off, the battery lasts about 6 hours. That's 6 hours of charge without turning the thing on, which really does seem wrong to me.

Anyone with the same issue or a fix for it?

Mav · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:51

hi m8 ..

had a Eeepc701 just upgraded to a 901

my 701 lasted about 2 1/2 hours using the wifi an nearly 3 1/2 hours normal use, so i'd say thats about right ...

u can get 10600mha batteries that'll increase battery life up to 6-7 hours normal use, online for about £50 ish, just type "Eeepc 701 battery" into goggle

Moredhel · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:57

That's not the issue though, the issue is that it drains the battery in about 6 hours when it's turned off.

daz · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:57

Are you actually turning the machine off, or is it going into a standby mode of some sort?

Moredhel · 20 Aug 2009 at 13:20

I'm definitely turning it off. I even made sure by explicitly shutting it down via the console (It's a linux one).

Ross1234 · 20 Aug 2009 at 13:21

This is a well known fault. Only fix is to take the battery out when not in use.

Moredhel · 20 Aug 2009 at 14:45

That's a bit sucky, will Asus replace it with one that works if I bitch at them?

Rroff · 20 Aug 2009 at 17:00

My original 701 doesn't suffer from it that badly - if I leave it without the power cord it takes a good 2 weeks for the battery to run down - tho even thats a bit bad as I can leave my other laptop 2 months and the battery will still be holding over 80% of the original charge...