How long should a laptop battery last-turned off and no use?
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No idea, it is new to me. Have used it less than an hour.
How do you tell?
Computer guy just said to close the top when I am done.
When I open it, need to press a button above the keys to turn it on.
Then the laptop is in a "S" (sleep) state. It takes power from the battery to maintain the sleep state. For the battery to be drained after three weeks is normal. If you want to preserve the battery, then go to Start => Power => Shutdown and hold the shift key down when you click shutdown. It will actually turn the computer off and preserve your battery.
Thank you! I will try that after it is charged. Then just hit the power button to turn it off and on, after that?
It came with no manual. He said the manual is online. How are you supposed to access that, if your computer is not working?
Personally, I hate the darned thing. Old men do not adapt to changes easily.
Turn it on with the power button, turn it off with the instructions above.
If you want your battery to last longer, don't store it fully charged.
Please explain why not storing with a full charge make the battery last longer. (looking to learn)
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Lithium batteries are happy between 20%-80% anything outside that range slowly takes there life down.
That is good to know - thank you
I thought the internal charge management controlled that now - so when its 100% is really 80%? Maybe I am wrong.
Storing at a real 60% is OK also I suppose.
Read through this thread:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/t...ture-extends-the-insanity.361229/post-6272054
I read thru it and all I saw was a dozen different opinions on battery charging - nothing I see as actual fact. I can see the points of why keep charging at 50% which doubles charging times which is bad for the battery. I think I will continue to subscribe to the thoughts of charge the battery to 100% and let it run down to 15-20% and charge back to 100. Keeping a battery at 30-50% is wasteful and not good if something happens to you and you run out of charge. I would imagine the battery could loose capacity as well over time only 1/2 charging. I think storing a laptop at 100% is the better option.
If you need the battery charged at all times, then by all mean keep it charged to 100%. That's not my choice of use. I keep my lithium ion batteries charged at < 80% and don't discharge them < 20% because they last much longer. Everything I learned about lithium ion batteries I learned from @JHZR2 he is our resident battery expert.
I just charge to 100 then let it run down to 15-20% and charge back to full. I don't need 100 all the time. But I do respect your opinion and JHZR2 as well!
As has been said if you want the battery to last don't charge it to 100%.
The simple way to achieve this is to set the charging regime so that it doesn't exceed 80%. My new laptop is near the cheaper end of the Asus range and it has this facility so I would imagine most laptops can do this. In storage 60% is even better for the battery and I also have the option to charge to only 60%. For those who keep a laptop plugged in the whole time the 60% option is best.
The simple way to achieve this is to set the charging regime so that it doesn't exceed 80%. My new laptop is near the cheaper end of the Asus range and it has this facility so I would imagine most laptops can do this. In storage 60% is even better for the battery and I also have the option to charge to only 60%. For those who keep a laptop plugged in the whole time the 60% option is best.
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Sometimes windows will update with a laptop in hibernate even when closed. I've opened my laptop bag a few times to find that it is hot and the battery is almost dead. There's some feature with windows updates that will prevent this from happening.
