Hi Nathaniel,
Nathaniel Griswold wrote:
>
> I meant to clarify: I have had the battery for over a year and I'm not
> sure why the cycles reset to 5. I am puzzled by it.
is it an genuine (really in strict sense of the term) brand battery or a
compatible replacement (even if they call it "genuine", always puzzles me).
Since I keep alive a lot of vintage laptops and am the author of
GNUstep's BatteryMonitor I share the experience that non-original
battery can have their controllers do the wildest things. Usually
sourced from China they have compatible controllers (well, I can imagine
producing hundreds of different models, they must have compatible
emulating chips).
I have seen incorrect cycle count. Sometimes I think they just miss to
calculate partial cycles... so if you never do full cycles, the battery
appears new. Otherwise it is just buggy or explainable for me.
Some batteries skimp on the design vs. last capacity too. Most often I
have seen them to be about the same value forever. Or a too high design
value is tricked and if you open the cell it is not corresponding.
Riccardo
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