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    Software to check batteries??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by spradhan01, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I was looking for some software which checks the wear level and gives exact life of the battery. Anything nice like that out there??
     
    spradhan01, Oct 28, 2010
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The latest versions of HWMonitor work pretty well...
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 28, 2010
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    crayonyes Custom Title! WooHoooo !!

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    Also check out BatteryBar. :)
     
    crayonyes, Oct 28, 2010
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    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    +1 on BatteryBar
     
    J&SinKTO, Oct 28, 2010
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    BatteryCare: BatteryCare
    It has battery's discharge cycles monitoring.
    I hope that helps with keeping the wear level of my battery down.
    Sreenshots:
    http://batterycare.net/en/images.html
    I helped with the Dutch translation of this program. :D
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Oct 28, 2010
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hmmm..need to give a shot for BatteryCare!
    Thanks
     
    spradhan01, Oct 28, 2010
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am using batterycare now.
    Yesterday I did a discharge cycle and the wear level of battery increased from 10 to 17%. I was shocked. Next thing it shows me is the Calibration performed which is 0.So how can I do that under Win 7?
     
    spradhan01, Nov 2, 2010
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    Gandalf_The_Grey Notebook Evangelist

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    From the BatteryCare usage guide:
    BatteryCare - Proper laptop battery usage guide
    About the increase in wear level:
    See after the full calibration.
    Does Batterybar show the same values?
    Contact the author of BatteryCare at: BatteryCare - Contact
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Nov 2, 2010
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    So what's the difference between discharge cycle and calibration anyway?
     
    spradhan01, Nov 2, 2010
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    davidfor Notebook Consultant

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    Nothing. A discharge cycle is fully discharging the battery and then charging it to full. Calibration is simply doing this one or more times in a controlled manner.
     
    davidfor, Nov 2, 2010
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