Variety of questions regarding ASUS G53JW-A1

Hi all,

I've decided to go with a new battery for my laptop (ASUS G53JW-A1) and received the new battery about half an hour ago. I chucked the battery into the laptop right away and it started charging - no problems there. It came with 75% battery and charged up to 88% in the following 20 minutes. It's been just over half an hour now and its at 97% —

• Is this behavior normal? Should I keep charging past 100% for long?
• What are some good tips on maintaining a battery for a laptop that's connected for quite long periods of the day. Only time it is moving around is when I'm at university.
• Unrelated to the battery issue but the laptop being stationary, it's collected dust around the laptop (not interfering with usage much) and just need cleaning tips to keep the laptop looking tidy. I'm not aware of what type of cleaning agent to use on a matte surface and how to clean the speaker grills. I just wanted my laptop to feel new again after a recent SSD upgrade and with the new battery.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Bhavz

EDIT: If its of any help, I've had the laptop for over 2 years now. The stock battery died within 8 months. I've attached a screenshot of the new battery info.

 

Argh, I let it charge for another two hours after posting it and took out the battery as I didn't want to overcharge it (I was at work so the laptop was on for another two hours). Got home and just started using the laptop with the battery only... and its dropped 40% in 30 minutes. Can ANYONE help?

Attached battery detail information:

 

G53 will wear a battery out quicker than an average/non-gaming machine will. My old G73 lasted about 1.25-1.5 hours on a full charge.

You don't need to remove the battery after it's charged... the laptop will stop charging once it's near 100%.

Just a heads-up... The fastest way to wear out a battery it to use it. If you can run on wall power use the charger. Batteries lose a little memory/capacity each time they are charged and discharged.

Best cleaning agent for matte surface? Do you mean the display or the body? I've used isopropyl or water. Microfiber cloths for screens work well and if you get the right type you can clean well with just water.

 

I would only use water on a LCD. I'm not sure what might damage the plastic. I would avoid glass cleaners for sure though.

 

Hope this is the trend for everyone! Yeah, last night (same discharge time as the pictured in last post) the battery lasted for a little longer an hour. This is my second discharge overall and its the rate is slower.. so maybe a few cycles in it should normalise? I'm still wanting to hear about more about how long does a charge hold for others.

The body. I've used water but finger prints wont go

Thank you both for your replies so far!

 

The trick is to drain the battery down to nothing (sometimes you have to access the bios and just let the computer die at the bios screen). Then you take out the battery, hold the power for 30 seconds (hard reset), then plug the battery in and let it charge till the light changes color or turns off. Once you've let it charge for at least 3 hours turn it on, boot to windows and choose a performance power setting. Make sure the laptop doesn't turn off the screen, dim the screen or go to sleep. Then let the laptop sit until it goes into emergency shutdown or hibernation. Then you can power on the laptop again, boot to bios, let it die and charge it again....

This is my way of calibrating laptop batteries, if you do your research this is probably the most thorough way to do it.