Draining battery.

I've heard this a few times before, that you should let your battery run out once a month. I'd feel bad basically starving my laptop to death, but does this actually help?

 

I think its supossed to be more like 3 times a month...
honestly i only do it when im watching something on my lappy and i remember...witch is like one time a month

 

It is probably a good idea, but honestly i never do it. I only use my battery for a UPS so i doubt i could even get an hour of up time out of it. Luckily i have a spare battery that i just keep if this one ever dies.

 

Its a good idea to use all the power of the battery once in a while. Windows can than give you a better accuracy of battery power. Like Kamin_Majere said if you dont use the battery other than back up power than dont worry about it.

 

Straight out of my P7801u manual

Extending battery life (Maximizing battery performance):

"To get maximum performance from your notebook battery, we recommend that you initially condition (fully charge and discharge) your new battery a few times during the first several weeks of use to let it reach its maximum rated capacity.

Over the long term, use the battery at least once a month, even if it was kept in a cool, dry place for storage, but avoid frequent full discharges because this puts additional strain on the battery. Several partial discharges with frequent recharges are better for a lithium-ion battery than one complete discharge, and recharging a partially charged lithium-ion battery does not cause harm because there is no memory."

Maintaining the Battery:

"Charge often, but do not try to fully discharge the battery frequently. This only adds strain. Several partial discharges (regular use), with frequent recharges, are better for lithium-ion than one total discharge. Recharging a partially charged lithium-ion battery does not cause any harm because it has no "memory." "

Maintaining the Battery:

"Batteries with fuel guages (notebooks) should be calibrated by applying a deliberate full discharge once every 30 charges. Running the battery down in the equipment does this. If ignored, the fuel guage becomes increasingly less accurate and in some cases will cut off the device prematurely."

 

I guess I'll let it run down. I've never done that before, and it's almost always on external power, but I guess I'll find out how long it runs with the t9800 in it.

 

i think youll be surprised at how long itll last with that cpu because mine with an x9100 on power saving lasts about 2hrs and 40mins to 3 hrs. gaming on high performance with the nvidia powermizer off it lasts about a 1hr and 30mins

 

Just use rmclock to lock it on the SLFM and it should have no problem lasting over 3 hours.