the use of laptop battery

the use of laptop battery (1)

With the increasingly popular notebook computer, notebook computer on every aspect of the

problems attendant in a variety of media, the most controversial of a number of laptop batteries

to use, the article said that some laptop batteries is the use of personal experiences, some

experts claiming to be the guiding The use of laptops, there are all kinds of stories, many argue.

From many years of study on the use of notebook experience:

1 argument: the activation of the new battery

● 1 point of view: we buy a new battery, there will be more than 3% of the electricity, the battery's power than is used up, until the shutdown, and then charge an external power supply. Time must charge more than 12 hours, repeated three times to do in order to activate the battery.

● view 2: no need for batteries for 10 hours of rechargeable battery to activate the activity of the normal charge-discharge method to activate.

Recommendation: agree with the second point of view, according to the information available

indicates that the battery should be activated in the factory completed, the notebook battery

factory with a bit of electricity to avoid natural wear and tear caused damage to the battery. The

battery should be activated in the absence of the protection circuit of manner, with its own

lithium battery circuit protection circuit, this circuit is designed to avoid over-charging and

discharging of the battery, battery in a general, the charging indicator light to turn off time , On

the battery charge is not into power, then you plug in the power plug on the face of rechargeable

batteries to carry out what is the use? From the battery will be able to see the situation on the

inspiron battery charge there, and teach you a simple way to be able to determine there is no

battery during charging, the battery will have time to heat, when the battery is full after an hour

(power Do not pull the plug), then you try the battery to see if the battery does not heat hot yet?

The results must be cold, not because the battery charge and discharge status, of course, not

heat. Notebook makers in the factory when the proposed new battery for more than 10 hours.

This may be the words so that some users have had the first wrong, this writer's view is that

notebook makers should be taken into account some new users to use a new battery when not

fully grasp the skills of charge, so that they can simply charge 10 hours, so it should be the

business expediency.

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the 15 ways to extend your laptop battery's life

the 15 ways to extend your laptop battery's life

6. Run off a hard drive rather than CD/DVD - As power consuming as hard drives are, CD and DVD drives are worse. Even having one in the drive can be power consuming. They spin, taking power, even when they?re not actively being used. Wherever possible, try to run on virtual drives using programs like Alcohol 120% rather than optical ones.

7. Take care of your battery - Exercise the Battery. Do not leave a charged battery dormant for long periods of time. Once charged, you should at least use the battery at least once every two to three weeks. Also, do not let a Li-On battery completely discharge. (Discharing is only for older batteries with memory effects)

8. Keep the battery contacts clean: Clean your battery’s metal contacts every couple of months with a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol. This keeps the transfer of power from your battery more efficient.

9. Keep operating temperature down - Your laptop operates more efficiently when it’s cooler. Clean out your air vents with a cloth or keyboard cleaner, or refer to some extra tips by LapTopMag.com.

10. Hibernate not standby - Although placing a laptop in standby mode saves some power and you can instantly resume where you left off, it doesn’t save anywhere as much power as the hibernate function does. Hibernating a PC will actually save your PC’s state as it is, and completely shut itself down.