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    VAIO SZ, Changing the max charge of the battery

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by POMF2K, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. POMF2K

    POMF2K Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hope someone can help me with a very simple question. I just got my sz 691n/x a few weeks ago and I initially configured it to charge to 80 and stop. Well since then I've reformatted with a Portable One disc and customized it to my very specific specifications. Only problem is... I cannot figure out how I did this. Was it a sony program or part of vista? I'm pleased it still stops at 80%, but have no idea how to change this.
    Any ideas?
     
    POMF2K, Jan 16, 2008
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  2. |SONY|

    |SONY| Notebook Evangelist

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    battery care function! find the app
     
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  3. Hunningolla

    Hunningolla Notebook Consultant

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    Or install it from the recovery discs you did if you've deleted the app.(you did the discs right?)
     
    Hunningolla, Jan 16, 2008
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    What's the benefit of making it charge upto 80% only?

    and is this application downloadable?
     
    MaXimus, Jan 16, 2008
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  5. K.L.

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    Whatever you do, dont try to install the XP version of Battery Care in compatability mode because it will mess up Vista.
     
    K.L., Jan 16, 2008
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    binaryr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Charging the battery to 100% all the time is bad for the life time of the battery. Optimally the battery should be charged to 100%

    Its set per battery so if you set it to 80% and put the battery in another computer it will still only charge to 80% recovering the computer still only charges to 80% so it has to be set back using the battery care function. It can be accessed from vaio control center on models that have the feature.
     
    binaryr, Jan 23, 2008
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  7. Dustin_D

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    "Charging the battery to 100% all the time is bad for the life time of the battery. Optimally the battery should be charged to 100%"

    This statement completely contradicts itself...what do you mean by it?
     
    Dustin_D, Jan 23, 2008
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  8. jimmy-floyd

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    I'm using battery care prog, profile - super battery care, thus the battery charges to 50% max.
    is it right concerning that my SZ is almost always plugged with AC adapter?
     
    jimmy-floyd, Jan 23, 2008
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