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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="problem" id="power-batterybroken">
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<link type="guide" xref="power#battery"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="hardware#power"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="power-batteryoptimal"/>
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<desc>Your battery is probably not broken; it's more likely that it's just old.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>ग्नोम प्रलेखन परियोजना</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Why does it say my battery is broken?</title>
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<p>When you first log in, you might see a message that says:</p>
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<p><em>Battery may be broken. Your battery has a very low capacity which means that it may be old or broken.</em></p>
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<p>This message is displayed when the computer detects that your battery is not capable of storing much charge. The most likely reason for this is that your battery is old; it's probably not broken, so there's no need to worry.</p>
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<p>Over time, all laptop batteries lose their ability to store charge. After a while (normally a year or more), the battery will only be able to store a fraction of the charge that it could when it was new. The message above is shown when this happens.</p>
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<p>If your computer/battery is relatively new, it should be capable of holding a high percentage of its design charge. If it can't, then your battery may be broken and you might need to seek a replacement.</p>