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if you remove the battery does the laptop still behave erratically? it seems odd that the battery would cause this behavior and i would bet that there is an issue with the power and/or charging circuits
– Xantec
Commented Jun 9, 2011 at 21:26
It's too rare and unpredictable for me to take out the battery to test that, without running without the battery all the time. Even then, it is too rare for me to put together the pattern. Windows says the battery needs replaced, Linux says the battery needs replaced, and even on a full charge on power saver, it lasts less than half the time it did on high performance. But every time it happens, my battery goes from 100% to "not present" for about 10 minutes, then "0%, not charging" for almost an hour. Strangely, it only reboots in Linux, but both OSes complain afterward.
– TuxRug
Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 5:36
You may be right though.. just because my computer says it's the battery, doesn't mean it is. I do have miscellaneous hardware issues occasionally that require completely removing power, but they're too rare to do anything about and I can't find a laptop for under 2k that compares spec-wise to this one (that I got on sale for ~$800 and upgraded the HDD)
– TuxRug
Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 5:38

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