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draining your battery daily ?
- Thread starter dr.kevin
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A couple of years atleast. Then again, i also had a laptop that was rarely used (in storage for weeks at a time) and ended up getting the battery destroyed (Windows error says less than 30% integrity) before any of the other laptops.
I think the new batteries are more stable, and it's more likely to be worn down by heat.
I think the new batteries are more stable, and it's more likely to be worn down by heat.
Cyberdemon
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Lithium Ion batteries in general are all subject to the same wear after an increased # of charge cycles.
They do not like being drained to nothing. So if you run your battery flat every day, don't expect to get more than a year of it holding a consistent charge. Modern laptop batteries store discharge information to give you an idea of the battery health. You will still have it hold a charge, but you'll start to realize you're getting 2 hours when you used to get 3, then 1 hour, then 20 minutes...
The good news is replacements aren't that expensive.
They do not like being drained to nothing. So if you run your battery flat every day, don't expect to get more than a year of it holding a consistent charge. Modern laptop batteries store discharge information to give you an idea of the battery health. You will still have it hold a charge, but you'll start to realize you're getting 2 hours when you used to get 3, then 1 hour, then 20 minutes...
The good news is replacements aren't that expensive.
YeuEmMaiMai
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the only way you are going to run your battery flat is if you disable the power saving features of your OS. Windows Vista/7 will put the laptop into hibernation when the power level reachs 10% of reserve.
My friend has my vostro 1400 that I sold to him lasst year with a 9 cell and it orignally was a 4 hour battery and now it's about 95% of it's original capacity. I bought the latop in 2007. I used to run the battery down on a regular basis as that is better than not using it at all...my studio 1558 with i5 has a 9 cell and that thing is close to 5 hours of battery life even with a ati 4570 discrete gfx card
My friend has my vostro 1400 that I sold to him lasst year with a 9 cell and it orignally was a 4 hour battery and now it's about 95% of it's original capacity. I bought the latop in 2007. I used to run the battery down on a regular basis as that is better than not using it at all...my studio 1558 with i5 has a 9 cell and that thing is close to 5 hours of battery life even with a ati 4570 discrete gfx card