Do YOU have a laptop with
a "dead battery" ? Are you wondering how to make
your battery last longer? Read this FREE article !
Laptops
are becoming popular as technology expands
into the future, and it seems that most
households have at LEAST one laptop
these days. We all know that laptops are
extremely convenient and handy, BUT - due to the proprietary parts
that are used, and the relatively high cost of replacement
parts, care must be taken in operating and maintaining
these kind of computers.
One
overlooked laptop accessory that can equal the
difference between your computer working and your
computer NOT working is: the BATTERY . I
recently experienced laptop battery failure, only 6 months
after purchasing my shiny new HP laptop. Can you believe
that my battery died in only SIX months, while
still under warranty? Exactly.....I can't believe it either
!!
If I had known then what I know now,
I would have avoided the frustration of waiting nearly
two months from the time I
shipped my old (dead) battery to HP; to actually receive
the new item ! Luckily, my computer was still
under the factory warranty, or I would have spent a
whopping $119.00 on a new battery! VERY
BAD
.
If your laptop
is used for business, work or school; I am sure you
cannot afford to go without your computer for suchs long
periods of time, as I did. The old adage an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure, holds as true as ever - so let us
explore a few tips to prevent your
laptop battery from dying prematurely:
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1.) When at home or near a
power outlet, plug in your laptop and REMOVE your
battery!
Many people
(including myself until last year), have the habit of
plugging their laptop into the wall, and keeping the
laptop battery attached to the laptop. A laptop
battery is rechargeable
, and rechargeable batteries have
a limit to the amount of times or hours, that they can
be charged. When your battery remains in your
laptop while it is plugged in, it continues to charge;
thus the life of the battery is lowered
significantly. Since your laptop will work with
the power supply attached, without
the battery; this
method is the best way to extend the life of your
laptop battery.
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2.) Before you charge your
laptop battery, make sure the battery
is VERY
LOW
!
Rechargeable
batteries have cell memory, which basically
means that your laptop battery remembers
how much
power it had prior to the last charge or use.
For example: you keep your laptop plugged in, and your
battery attached, while you unplug the power adaptor only when you decide
to take your laptop with you, outside of the
home. You notice that within 8 months, your
laptop battery gives you the: recharge now
warning, but in half of the time that it took
8 months ago. Instead of your battery dying in an hour
and a half, it dies in just 45 minutes . Three
months later, your
battery lasts a mere 30 minutes before the battery is
dead - and so on.
You must allow
your battery to cycle; in other words when
you are using the battery in your laptop, keep the
adapter unplugged UNTIL the battery power
is nearly drained (your computer should have an icon or
software that monitors and notifies you when your
battery is low). I would recommend that you keep
an eye on your battery while using your computer, save
all of your important data when the battery gets
very low, and allow the battery to die completely; and
the PC to power itself off. Then, charge the
battery.
(this method is not convenient at all, but
the closer that you can get to practicing this, the
longer your battery will last ! )
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3.)When charging
your battery, stop the charging process when the battery
reaches 100% !!
I know that it
is extremely boring monitoring your battery status
when it is charging, and no one loves doing this. BUT, if
you would like your battery to work in peak condition,
you will put this method into practice. For
example: I used to plug in the battery for my laptop,
and allow it to charge for hours.
I started to notice within
several months, that after using my computer for 30 minutes
the battery extremely low, shutting down now
warning would pop up, when months ago, I
could use my computer for an hour and a half at
least, until the warning popped up! I decided to let the
computer shut itself off every time; and one
day, I decided to plug the adapter in, turn the PC
back on, and when it booted successfully, I removed the
adapter.
I continued this
procedure for a day or two, then I finally noticed that
the more I continue this cycling of the battery, the
longer my battery lasted, until it eventually supplied me with
the full hour and a half of power.
I had
inadvertently cycled my battery, or
manipulated the memory cells by forcing the cells to
re-learn their maximum charge level. To avoid
needing to cycle YOUR battery, it is highly
recommended that you monitor your battery while charging,
and stop charging it once it
reaches 100%. Just as important as unplugging it
at 100%, is draining your battery completely
prior to charging it. This will help solve the
issue of your laptop battery not charging.
(I hope you
aren't confuse with all of that; if so, please
feel free to email
me
).
I hope that you
find this information helpful, and hopefully this
article on laptop battery carewill help to save you from
spending unnecessary money replacing your laptop battery
!
HAPPY
COMPUTING!
Jarvis Edwards - TekTime 1-866-931-5562 - EXT#
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