I've recently purchased a year old Thinkpad. Theres one problem with it, the battery is shot. It will last around 20 minutes (if that) on the lowest power setting. Anyone got any ideas on how I can improve the battery life?

yeah my battery is **** aswell, lasts bout half an hour, i was told by packard bell to leave it in the bios and let it run completely down, then re-charge it, let it run down again and charge it once more and if that dosn't sort it then your battery has had it, hope that helps

buy a new battery?

www.laptopbatteries.com

I don't really fancy spending another £150 on a laptop battery

feck 20 mins. My old laptop battery lasted for more than 40mins!

Originally posted by mixafendis
feck 20 mins. My old laptop battery lasted for more than 40mins!

It should last an hour and half according to the manual

Decrease the voltage going to components? :confused:

its gotta be a ****ty battery then
well u said its 3 years old.... so thats probably why its not working well

you should really get a new battery. its probably worth it.

or just get a new laptop altogether

naw, I said it was a year old. I'll look at laptop batteries but its not too much of a bother