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29Dec/180

Laptop battery capacity and performance

The performance and capacity of laptop batteries have decreased over time. In addition, the way the battery is used daily may interfere with these attributes.

Many factors can promote battery performance:

The battery unit experiences a gradual and irreversible capacity loss in each charge-discharge cycle.

Temperature and discharge can affect battery performance and capacity.

The battery capacity may be reduced even if the computer has been unplugged from the power source and is not being used.

If not used for a long time, the battery will drop below the recommended low voltage level. Discharging the battery below the recommended low voltage level can cause physical damage to the battery and render it unusable.

Note: If the battery cannot be recovered after 30-60 minutes of charging, it is likely to cause physical damage and must be replaced.

Keeping the battery high for a long time in a high-temperature environment will accelerate the loss of capacity and performance. The computer generates heat due to high load or poor ventilation. This temporarily impairs the speed of charging and battery consumption. When the battery is cooled to an acceptable operating temperature, the battery function resumes normal operation.

In order to maintain battery capacity, laptop batteries are designed to discharge a small amount after being fully charged. For most laptop batteries, this behavior is normal. Once the charge level is below 95%, the battery will start charging.

Use high-definition graphics or video processing software to accelerate the loss of capacity and performance. For example, using a 3D game will reduce capacity faster than a word processor.

Laptop configuration and power saving settings can affect battery performance. These settings are:

Screen brightness

Backlit keyboard

Screen Resolution

Windows energy saving combination

Processor speed

Storage type, such as storage device

12Nov/180

Tips and help with maximizing your laptop battery life

Full initial charge
After purchasing a new laptop computer or battery for your laptop, we recommend that the battery be charged for no less than 24-hours. A 24-hour charge makes sure the battery is fully charged and helps with the batteries life expectancy. Once it is fully charged, you should not discharge it fully, if possible.

Remove battery if not in use for a long period
If you are mostly using the laptop computer while it is plugged into a wall outlet keep the battery out of the computer.

If you do not plan on using your laptop for more than a month the battery should be removed from the computer, even if it is kept off.

After putting the battery back in after it has not been used we suggest fully charging it before letting it run off the battery again.

Fully discharge and recharge
If your battery is not a Li-ion battery it is always recommended to fully discharge and recharge your battery at least once every month.

Avoid extreme temperatures
Not only is it good for your battery but it is also for your laptop to keep it out of extreme hot or cold temperatures. For example, do not leave your laptop in your car during a hot summer day.

Clean the contacts
Clean your laptop battery contacts with a cotton swab and alcohol every few months.

12Nov/180

How long should a laptop battery last?

Don't worry about overcharging the battery. Modern laptops will stop charging the battery when it is fully charged and switch over to AC power while the laptop is plugged into an outlet.

If you are excited to use your new laptop, it can still be used while it is plugged into an outlet. However, we suggest not unplugging it until it's been charged for that length of time.

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12Nov/180

How long should I charge my laptop battery at first time?

After purchasing a new laptop computer or battery for your laptop, we recommend that the battery be charged for no less than 24-hours. A 24-hour charge makes sure the battery is fully charged and helps with the battery's life expectancy. Once it is fully charged, you should not discharge it fully, if possible. Lithium-ion batteries (the type used in modern laptop computers) are strained, and may be weakened, when they are fully discharged. Doing so frequently can shorten the battery's lifespan.

12Nov/180

Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged in All the Time?

This is a question that comes up a lot with laptop owners. And the answer is a quite simple “No.” For optimum battery use, and to get the most life out of your laptop battery, keeping it charged between 40% and 80% has been seen as optimum. However, the newer-generation lithium batteries do better in full charge cycles, so not letting it get below 40% is a good rule of thumb there. And, you don’t want to leave it charging all the time for another main reason – doing so can overheat the battery in some models, which is the number one thing you want to avoid. That said, in many laptop models, once the battery is 100% charged, it will cut off the power supply to the battery, so keeping it charging is redundant after that point, and won’t harm the battery in most cases.

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7Nov/180

How to detect laptop battery life? View laptop battery loss methods

1, first open the computer driver wizard
2. After opening, click to detect the computer driver;
3. Click “Hardware Detection” at the top after checking.
4. Select "Battery Information" on the left;
5, you can see the battery loss of the battery.
The above is the way to check the laptop battery loss. If the user wants to maintain the battery, he can use the power adapter to power on, instead of using the laptop battery to discharge. The laptop battery is a lithium battery, and its life is based on charge and discharge. of.

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7Nov/180

Win7 pure version of the system laptop battery how to save electricity

The first trick brightness setting
The display screen is also a large power consumer, we can reduce the brightness of it to achieve the purpose of power saving. First, right-click on the desktop, then select the "nVIDIA" or "ATi" control panel from the pop-up menu, and lower the brightness value in the "Brightness" option.
After testing, the editor can save about 3W power consumption after lowering the screen brightness, which is equivalent to reducing the standby function by 14%.

The second trick is to turn off unnecessary peripheral devices.
First, enter the BIOS settings of the notebook (press F2 to enter during startup), and in the Advanced option, turn off some of the peripheral devices that are not available at the conference (Disabled). These devices are: Wireless LAN, mouse, and camera. After turning off these unnecessary devices, the editor found that it can save about 2.2W of power consumption, which is equivalent to a 10% reduction in standby function.

The third trick is to close the CPU core.
Many friends think that turning off the multi-core of the books can also save power. Is this the case? We also did a test, shutting down the three cores and leaving only one job. And surprised! In fact, the stupid power consumption has not decreased much. Turning off the CPU core will only increase the load on the processor (such as 4 people's live, become a person) and does not reduce functionality.

The above is the tutorial on how to save power in the win7 pure version of the notebook battery. The above method can help you to extend the power supply time of the notebook when you need to use the laptop urgently, saving a total of 24% of power consumption. Of course, the best way is to connect the power supply or prepare an auxiliary battery to prevent power outages, so you won't be afraid even if the game is played for a long time.

7Nov/180

How to view the health status of win10 laptop battery?

1. Right click on the Win logo in the lower left corner of the screen and select “Command Prompt (Administrator)” from the pop-up menu.
     2. At the command prompt, type powercfg /batteryreport /output "D://ianChi.html". Among them, the storage path of the battery usage report file in the bold part can be customized, and you can also save it to other locations;
     3. After the carriage return, the system will prompt the file to be saved successfully;
  4. Open the corresponding folder and double-click to open the battery usage report file.
     5. Under Installed batteries, you can see the factory design capacity of the battery and the current full charge capacity (that is, how much power can be stored when the battery is fully charged. If the computer is used for a long time, this will be different from the factory design capacity. Degree of loss);
     6. Under the Recent usage item, you can see the battery charge and discharge situation in the last three days (including when it is activated and when it is in standby mode);
     7. Next is the statistical chart of the usage.
   8. Finally, focus on the last battery life estimates. Here is an estimate of how long the battery life can last.
     After installing the tutorial step content settings, win10 laptop battery health status knows how it is, you want to know the status of your laptop battery, directly refer to this method to view it.

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3Nov/180

What should I pay attention to when using a notebook power adapter?

1, create a good cooling environment
When using the notebook in a high temperature environment, place the power adapter in a place that is not exposed to direct sunlight and ventilation; do not place the power adapter near the cooling air outlet of the notebook; at the same time, we can put the adapter on the side to make the heat more Well distributed.
2. If the voltage is unstable, it needs to be stopped in time.
Although the adapter is a wide-band operating voltage, it can be marked from 100V to 240V, but if it is used under extremely unstable voltage, it will also cause serious heat or damage to the power adapter.
If you need to temporarily borrow power from other brands, try to choose an adapter with the same or larger output current.
3. If an abnormality occurs, stop using it in time.
When you are not using the adapter, unplug the power cord. Prolonged power-up will keep the adapter working and will affect the end of life. When the power adapter emits large working noise or even smoke, it is often damaged or has a fault. It should be stopped immediately and can be used again after being repaired by professional engineers.

3Nov/180

Laptop power adapter selection method

       The popularity of laptops has brought great convenience to people. However, new troubles have come one after another. What should I do if the notebook power adapter is lost or broken? Some people say that it is not OK to buy an original one? The original notebook power adapter of the same model can certainly be used, but in many cases can not buy the original notebook power adapter, and the original notebook power adapter price is very high, how to do it? How to choose a laptop power adapter?

In fact, for the notebook power adapter, if the working parameters and output connectors are the same as the original ones, then the different brands can be used universally, and the working parameters are not strictly the same, and there is a certain allowable range of variation. This article describes how to choose a notebook power adapter.

Laptop power adapter selection method

 

1. Clearly use:

For laptops and laptops used in homes and offices, you can buy a home (AC), a laptop power adapter for a car, buy a car, and use the car on the basis of the car. It is ok to have an airplane head. At home, in the car, in the plane, I want to take care of it, buy a two-in-one, or three-in-one. However, if you don't want multiple weights in your computer bag, you can put one at home, one on the car, one in the office, so you don't have to bring it, plug it in, it's more convenient, you can also use it for people around you. .

 

2. Choose a good brand:

The principle is to choose the same type of brand, if not, then you can only find other brands. Nowadays, many laptop power adapters sold online are unqualified products for cutting corners. Normal use should be no problem. Once an accident occurs, your laptop will be burned, and dozens of notebooks that have been burned out and burned thousands of pieces will not be worth the candle. (Stolen work, common practice has chaotic power, such as the actual only 19V3.42A, but the standard 19V4.74A, this will lead to very slow charging, and even damage the battery and laptop. Also remove some protection, this is more horrible, appear The accident will burn the laptop.)

I suggest you have ample money, you can buy a professional brand of notebook power adapter (that is, the professional only for the brand of laptop charger, not what the power supply does, such a professional brand-name product is not It will cause damage to the battery and laptop, and the protection circuit is advanced.) For example, Icharger, Acharger (ATUU brand), etc. (though these brands are mainly sold in Europe and America, domestic retail is rarely found). Domestic famous brands such as Sterk and Ruirui.

3, clear voltage, current and interface

Look at the brand of the original laptop, the number of V on the label behind the original charger, how many A (generally written behind OUTPUT), the connector of the charger is about round or square, or porous, Do your own mind, there will be a few, so as not to buy the wrong, or even be fooled.

The output voltage of the adapter is preferably equal to the voltage required by the notebook. If it is different, it is as close as possible to the required voltage of the notebook, and the control is within ±5% error. This is because the voltage regulator circuit in the notebook generally has a margin design. When the input voltage changes within a certain range, it can work normally and stably; beyond this range, the voltage is too low, the computer may not work stably or even light the machine; if the voltage is too high, the voltage regulator circuit inside the computer may be burned. Such as an Acer notebook, it requires 15V, 3.36A input, but with IBM 16V, 3.36A adapter can be used with it.

The maximum output current of the adapter is as close as possible to the maximum current required by the notebook. If it is different, it must be equal to or greater than the current required by the notebook. Note: As long as the current is large, you don’t have to worry about it, no matter how big it is. Fear, don't worry about burning the machine! But the current can't be too small, because unstable conditions such as screen flicker may occur. For example, the IBM T30 adapter (16V, 4.5A), although safely used on the IBM ThinkPad T20 (16V, 3.36A), can also be used on the ThinkPad X31 (16V, 3.5A); the principle is: the power adapter is based on the load The situation to adjust the output current is not static. Like the IBM 16V, 4.5A adapter above, it can provide up to 4.5A of operating current, but on the T20, it also outputs a maximum of 3.36A. In fact, due to the different working conditions of the notebook computer, the current required by it is constantly changing. The adapter adjusts the output power at any time according to the working condition of the notebook to meet the needs of the computer. The adapter with a larger output current is more convenient, and it tastes like "killing a chicken with a knife." But if the reverse is not good, although the T20's adapter can also light up the T30, the T30's screen sometimes flickers because the T20's adapter does not provide the required operating current for the T30.

At present, the power of most mainstream notebook power adapters is set at 65W, but it should be noted that the power supply voltage output and current output are not the same. Although the author uses a compatible power supply as a reference, the value is not inferior to the original power adapter, so it has the same reference value. In the mainstream notebook power adapter, DELL's HPOQ065B83 has a voltage output of 19.5V and a current of 3.34A. The ACER-compatible PA-1600-02 produced by Lite-On has a voltage output of 19V and a current of 4.74A.

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