Lenovo U400 Battery Replacement Warning

Hello again,
I'm using a brand new Lenovo U400 which I got almost like a week ago. After several days of using it, upon starting, Lenovo Energy Management started saying "The full capacity of the battery you are using is only about the 40% that of a new one. We recommend you to replace the old battery with a new one..."
What does it mean? I have only used this laptop for like 5 hours less...

Hi Yigit,
Sorry to bother you, but I just requested an RMA from the reseller. Would you suggest any tips on how to clean install Lenovo U400? The problem is. I did some upgrade from my laptop just the harddrive though. Upon clean installing win 7 pro and the drivers on the new hard drive that Lenovo battery replacement sign pops out everytime I start the pc on battery mode. When I put back the old drive, the drive with preinstalled win 7 Home and drivers the battery replacement warning didnt pop at all even running on battery. Anyways, I wasted too much time on this so I just requested an RMA since it's still on its return period. But yeah do you think there is something wrong with program Lenovo Energy management that is? or is there like a special way on how the drivers should be installed first and what not upon using a new hard drive? Thanks again!

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Hey Guys,
I've bought Lenovo U400 I think a year ago and I've read some reviews about the battery life. They wrote that the battery life is 6 hour and 15 minutes, mine is 2 hourse and few minutes. I would like to know how it is possible.

Hi CalciumKid
Welcome to the Forums!
The following KB article could help with your issue.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-and-U-series-Laptops/Optimizing-battery-run-time-and-battery-l...
One of our gurus, Zehnsteine, also provided this tip, which may help:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-and-Z-series/Y460p-battery-draining-too-fast-also-charging...
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For one, you can take extended warranty for upto 3 years with just $100 (I think), so that should put your mind at ease for that much time.
I had Lenovo Y560 and the battery was faulty at arrival. Replaced it free of cost and never had any problem since.
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Beyond 3 years, no one can really say, mostly on the forum you will find people who have had issues (coz thats why they come here, right). Hope that you can get responses from more customers.
A laptop life is about 3-4 years nowadays, so you need to also look for how many years are you planning to use this one. Beyond 5 years, I think that most hardware becomes obsolete (can only use for basic purposes)
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I've recently purchased a Lenovo G550 (Core2Duo, 4GB RAM), and my batt. says the designed capacity very well, the recharge rate is ok bu the battery does not recharge at all, stuck at 0% and do not raise up.... I've tried to put the g550 on the charge by 24hrs, removed the batt, reinserted and nothing happens, the battery is stuck in 0% forever:
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I had my MBP since new (bought in 2010 - still under applecare) and had my battery replaced first time just 4 days ago.
the test of the HW in Genius bar clearly showed the battery's gone and I knew it for past 6 months or even more. It was still holding power for about an hour (sometimes showing 2-3h), but compare to new one, when I actually got the MBP it was nothing. It actually lasted for 4-5 hours easily maybe even longer and the status was actually showing it was going to last over 7 hours, sometimes even showed 10 hours, which was surprising.
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Li-Poly batteries last approximately 3 years after manufacturing (charged or not). So if your Zen Stone ceases to function and it has not been abused, it'ss likely a dead ? no longer can be charged - battery.
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