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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
style="problem"
id="power-batterybroken">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="power#battery"/>
<link type="guide" xref="hardware#power"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="power-batteryoptimal"/>
<desc>Your battery is probably not broken; it's more likely that it's just old.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-03-19" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Why does it say my battery is broken?</title>
<p>When you first log in, you might see a message that says:</p>
<quote>
<p><em>Battery may be broken. Your battery has a very low capacity which means that it may be old or broken.</em></p>
</quote>
<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>
<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>
<p>If your computer/battery is relatively new, it should be capable of holding a high percentage of its <link xref="power-batterycapacity">design charge</link>. If it can't, then your battery may be broken and you might need to seek a replacement.</p>
<p>See <link xref="power-batterycapacity"/> for instructions on how to check your battery's capacity.</p>
</page>
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