laptop battery

[Euphemia]

The battery in my Compaq Presario C60 laptop only lasts for 6 months before dying. Is this normal?

[ChuckFickens]

6 months is really really impressive for a laptop battery! generally they only last about 2-3 hours.

[Euphemia]

No, I mean I have to buy a new battery unit as the present one no longer holds a charge.

[gingejbee]

Rechargeable batteries have very variable life-spans depending on how they are used/treated (even if they are genuine/reputable ones) but six months is very poor. Was the battery that's "dying" the original battery or was it a replacement? If the latter, are you sure that it was a good quality one and not a "cheapo", because poor quality replacements are false economy.

[Euphemia]

It was a replacement HP battery, not a cheapo, the second one I have bought since last November.

[methyl]

This is not normal. The evidence posted suggests that the laptop's charging circuit has been faulty from day one, or that you have been really unlucky with batteries.