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    10% Battery Wear in just a couple of months..

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by daryldeal, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. daryldeal

    daryldeal Notebook Evangelist

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    Is this normal? i just bought the laptop 3 months ago.. does it wear 10% per 3 months? so basically it will only last 2.5 years at this rate?

    90% of the time i use the ac adapter.

    im using batterybar pro and hwmonitor to check the wear.

    not sure about the lowered bat life, because i rarely use the battery.
     
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    swimmer1918 Notebook Consultant

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    Do you play games with the battery in and the power supply connected?
     
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    daryldeal Notebook Evangelist

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    ^yes but i rarely play games.
     
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    Where are you getting battery wear numbers? Software tools tend to be horrifically inaccurate. Are you actually noticing any shortened battery life?
     
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    The battery itself in these units have only a one year warranty no matter how long your parts warranty is. Of course you should check with your reseller regarding your warranty.

    Batteries should last more than a couple of years but they are certainly not the longest lasting part in your machine.
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    you can use some software to keep the battery at 50-80% charge intead of 100% to increase it's life.. still heat is your main enemy, so just use the pc inside your freezer or something..




    meh who needs a battery anyway on this beasts... they eat it up so fast when you push them above average load xD

    in 3 years i'll be finishing college and by them i'll want not one but 2 new PC's or whatever we're using by then (tablets,smartphhones, smartwhaches, wth) ahahah
     
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    Do you know the name of the software AK-XS? Might be interested in trying it out, since I leave my battery in all the time.
     
    Riley89, Oct 2, 2011
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    I've had my 5797 since summer 09 and the wear level is only 6.1%, I never use it on battery and always have it plugged in AC (with battery installed)
     
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    daryldeal Notebook Evangelist

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    im using hwmonitor and batterybar pro to check the wear.
     
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  10. shishkabob

    shishkabob Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can find some guidelines for lithium ion battery usage here :
    Chapter 10: Getting the Most from your Batteries
    Most of it is common sense, but just a refresher. And for the record, every battery I have personally owned has shown similar degradation. I couldn't pin point exact numbers, but after 2.5 yrs its defiantly time for a new battery, at least one that holds a decent charge.

    You can download Battery Eater here : Battery Eater (notebook benchmark tool) - Downloads and let it run down your 100% charge battery today, document the time... then a month from now, do it again, and compare. If most metrics are the same it could be a good indication of actual battery ware.
     
    shishkabob, Oct 2, 2011
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