battery driver messed up

[gib65]

Hello,

Lately the battery on my computer has been acting up. I'll be working on my laptop unplugged and all of a sudden it will shut down. This will happen when the battery reads half full. I can start it up again by plugging it in. I leave it plugged in for a couple minutes and then unplug it just to check what percentage it reads. Indeed, it continues to read about 50% full (or a variety of values far above 0%).

I'm wondering if there's a problem with the battery driver. How would I do repairs or diagnostics on the battery driver?

I've got Windows 10.

 

[beers]

Some bios have a battery learning utility.

Sounds like the battery itself is about end of life however

 

[Darren]

What brand of laptop?

Probably need a new battery. They're cheap on Ebay.

 

[gib65]

It's an Acer, model: Z5WAH.

I ran a battery diagnostics test the other day and posted the report here:

http://www.shahspace.com/battery-report.html

If you look at the Battery Usage section, it shows that on Jan 29 at 7:05 AM, I ran my computer unplugged for 6:45 minutes at which point it drained by a whopping 73%. That describes my experience perfectly. It was around 7:05 on Jan 29 and it did last about 6 or 7 minutes before all of a sudden *WOOSH!!!*... it shut down.

Any ideas what's going on there?

 

[Darren]

Replace. The. Battery.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Here's the battery you need. Don't buy it off eBay or Amazon. I don't trust those.

I've bought many a battery from here.

https://www.laptopbatteryexpress.com/Acer-Aspire-E14-E15-Battery-AL14A32-p/ace-4.htm

 

[Darren]

Here's the battery you need. Don't buy it off eBay or Amazon. I don't trust those.

I've bought many a battery from here.

https://www.laptopbatteryexpress.com/Acer-Aspire-E14-E15-Battery-AL14A32-p/ace-4.htm

What a ripoff. Jeez that's expensive. My shop exclusively orders batteries through Ebay and I maybe have an issue with one every few months at most, and usually just request another one and they ship another for free.