ASUS F5R Laptop with short battery life

[JK200SX]

I have an asus f5r with terrible battery life. The laptop is ~ 1 year old and the life of the battery is down to <5 minutes from a fully charged state. I ensured when the laptop was new to make sure that the battery was fully discharged/recharged as per recomendation so I don't believe there was anything wrong done here. I've read elsewhere that this is a common problem with various asus model laptops and was wandering what can be done to rectify the problem?

[Zero Alpha]

Its common with all laptops and is due to our friends over in Asia producing poor quality products. Check your warranty and get it replaced.

I completely remove my battery from my laptop when i'm not using it to get maximum life. Its the only way unfortunately.

[JK200SX]

No, the battery is not dead - it has something to do with the power management of the computer.

[Zero Alpha]

arh yes that too,I can't remember if the f5r power controller is independent of the mainboard. Most aren't.

warranty?

[Ethernetx]

I have an ASUS R103B Zenbook(battery built in) and says plugged in charging 0% and never charges - but will only run with the charger connected. Does anyyone have a solution ?


1) Checklist: Is there a newer bios: No - I think ASUS are lazy as I see heaps of windows 8.1 problems . If the OS upgrade breaks the drivers then the battery is useless - how stupid is that?
2) Enter DOS then issue powercfg /batteryreport. View report . Mine is 11.3 volts and 310 cycles.
3) You can go into devices and delete the battery and charger drivers (stupid). Might work.
4) Seems a genuine charger. If you have a Dell, they have a 3rd wire - that will only charge with an original Dell power supply.

I suspect an HP like problem, where the 'smart chip' in the battery has gone on strike - Just like HP's and Epson's print cartridges that had an expiry date and artificial empty level. But with the battery there is no obscure override - or is there?