Mini 2140 shutting off with any kind of movement or jarring rendering the battery useless

Hello, I have about 260 of these devices and I am running into an issue with the 6-cell extended life batteries.
We have replaced the 3 cell standard life battery with the 6 cell extended life battery. Now for the issues. I have had several of these come to me with the same problem. When a using sets the machine down it will instantly power off. Almost as if you pulled the battery out. Now, once the machine shuts down you can power it back up just fine. Of course it will shut down instantly again if you touch or jar the battery at all.
  Now some of them get so bad that the machine will not power on and I have to replace the battery with a new one. Does anyone know what cause this? Is there a fix for this?
I am running
HP Mini 2140
XP Pro SP3
6 cell extended life batteries
I do have 3 cell batteries that we use as back ups. I have never had one of these go bad so far.
They have been in use since August of 2009
Please let me know if anyone else has seen these issuses.
If you need any more info just let me know.

wouldn’t be concerned with this if it wasn’t wasting the battery.
The battery is not being wasted.
Apparently this mini ipod is suppose to have 14 hour battery life
That is the "estimated" time of battery life.
Depends on a lot of different factors.
As a matter of fact, last night ~11 PM, I turned on my fully charged Mini, set it to Repeat All and hit play. I turned on Hold, set it on my dresser & let it go. on & let it go.
It was still running tonight at 8:30 PM. It finally died within the last 1.5 hours or so. 21-23 hours is how long I got out it.
but mine is much less since it doesn’t properly shut off.
It is properly shutting off. Your battery is probably going bad.
Your iPod is working exactly as it is supposed to work.
iPod: About Sleep, Deep Sleep, Hibernation, and Sleep Timer

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