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    Just got my Z61m; Few battery questions

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Eidi, Sep 9, 2006.

  1. Eidi

    Eidi Newbie

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    Welp, yeah, just got my Z61m and it didn't have the battery inside of it, so I put it in and it charged from around 70-80% all the way up to 100%. First thing I did after that was run it off battery power until it was entirely depleted and now I'm charging it back up. Is that good for the battery? Should I have done that?

    Is there any other maintenance I should do to the battery?

    Btw, I really like it so far, the hinges are nice and tight, I can't open the laptop with 1 hand. Typing isn't too bad, but I don't feel the magical typing experience others do, but that might be just because I'm not used to the keyboard layout yet. I remember another poster mentioning he hated the 2 keys right around the arrow keys where there's usually dead space, I hate that too. The esc key is also in a... Not so good spot.

    I'll try and post some pictures later, I ordered 2 of the same model, 2 GHz Core Duo, 512 megs of RAM, 80 gig harddrive, X1400.
     
    Eidi, Sep 9, 2006
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  2. dietcokefiend

    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    Initially it is fine, just so the thing can calibrate itself, but after that you really don't want to do it until maybe 40-50 more cycles. Lithium Ion likes to stay above 70%, and really deep cycles can harm it.
     
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    stevenator128 Notebook Evangelist

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    my phone uses a Lithium Ion battery and the cingular store tells me it's good to completely kill it rather than constantly have it plugged in for charging...
     
    stevenator128, Sep 9, 2006
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  4. lbjazz

    lbjazz Notebook Consultant

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    The whole killing it then recharging thing was for the old nickel metal hydride batteries. Lithium Ion batteries need to be kept mostly charged. For example, my mp3 player has a li-ion battery. In theory it has about 300 charge cycles until it dies. However, if i keep it mostly charged, the small charges won't impact it's life.
     
    lbjazz, Sep 16, 2006
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