Laptop Battery Conditioning

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Laptop Battery Conditioning, best way?

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vancreef View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 04:35 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 30-October 06 Member No.: 92,964	a friend of mine recommended letting the battery on my laptop run completely flat to condition it. is there anything in particular i should know before i just switch it on and leave it running? i know its a good thing to do to restore the "memory" of a rechargable battery but is it as straight forward as that when it comes to something like a laptop and how often should this be done? Should i wait until i notice a difference in battery life or is it too late then? i know that desktops don't like their power supply being shut off without warning and this seems a similar thing. will the laptop shut itself down before the battery goes completely or will it be OK so long as it isn't actually logged on to Windows?

Budapest View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 04:48 AM Post #2
Bleepin' Cynic Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,235 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 94,959	Depending on the type of battery you have there may be no need to condition it. Voltage depression only really affects nickel cadmium batteries. Nickel metal hydride batteries are very rarely affected by voltage depression and lithium-ion batteries are not affected at all. Most newer laptops have either nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries. -------------------- _{Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. —Albert Camus}

vancreef View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 05:09 AM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 30-October 06 Member No.: 92,964	it says underneath that it is a lithium battery, but doesn't say it's a lithium-ion, or is it the same and i'm just stupid?

Budapest View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 06:20 AM Post #4
Bleepin' Cynic Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,235 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 94,959	It's the same thing. Standard lithium batteries are not re-chargeable, so if it's in a laptop it's a lithium-ion. -------------------- _{Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. —Albert Camus}

azhariqbal View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 07:36 AM Post #5
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 3-May 06 Member No.: 66,513	QUOTE(Budapest @ Mar 1 2007, 11:20 AM) It's the same thing. Standard lithium batteries are not re-chargeable, so if it's in a laptop it's a lithium-ion. I agree with 'Budapest" -------------------- Azhar Iqbal Cell: 92345-3006911 Email: azhar-5i@hotmail.com Web: http://www.arbico.co.uk

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