I don't know of a way to recover them, but I remove the battery from my
notebook when I have it docked (90% of the time), and I get very good
battery life even from old batteries. I started doing this after
experiencing the very same situation you are having, only with a Toshiba
Tecra notebook.

HTH,

Paul Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:58 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Notebook battery life

I have a Gateway Solo 9300 notebook, which spends almost all of its time
plugged into the port replicator, so the battery is almost always
charging.
On the rare occassions when I use it on battery power, the battery lasts
less than 15 minutes. This is the second battery, which I purchased in
Jan.
2002. It lasted around 8 hours then.

Do these things wear out after a year and a half? Is it because it's
almost
always charging? Is there any way to recover the full use of the
battery?

TIA

--
Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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