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Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #267023] Mon, 18 June 2007 10:52 Go to next message
CarrierII is currently offline  CarrierII
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Ok, so my sister is going off to uni, and she's got a new laptop. It's a couple of days until she "gets" it (It's her birthday on thursday) but I'm wondering what should I do with the battery? I've tried searching Google, but I can't find anything.

What should you do to a new laptop battery?


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Re: Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #267108 is a reply to message #267023] Mon, 18 June 2007 16:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cmatt42 is currently offline  cmatt42
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Put in the laptop and use it. Thumbs Up

Re: Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #267178 is a reply to message #267023] Mon, 18 June 2007 23:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Read your manual, it usually explains Wink.

One hint: if you use the wire for long periods of time, then take the battery out.


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Re: Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #268500 is a reply to message #267178] Sun, 24 June 2007 05:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Goztow wrote on Tue, 19 June 2007 01:41

Read your manual, it usually explains Wink.

One hint: if you use the wire for long periods of time, then take the battery out.


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Re: Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #268502 is a reply to message #267023] Sun, 24 June 2007 05:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
danpaul88 is currently offline  danpaul88
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Also leaving the laptop plugged in with the battery fully charged often shortens the batteries lifespan...

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Re: Laptop Battery Best Practice? [message #268641 is a reply to message #267023] Mon, 25 June 2007 00:05 Go to previous message
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I think he means initially. I would recommend charging for at least a day, maybe more, after that regular charging/recharging. Check the type, Lithium-based batteries don't have memory so can be charged from any level, Nickel-based need to be drained fully else they lose charge faster.

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