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    Battery question

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by noodle9527, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. noodle9527

    noodle9527 Notebook Consultant

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    So which way is better for battery life in the long run?

    Keep the laptop plugged whenever I can and stay 100% for pretty long time.

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    Use battery until its low and charge it and unplug at 100% and circulate in that manner.

    I bring the laptop around a lot so can't take battery off and put in fridge
     
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    PC Solutions Notebook Consultant

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    From what alot of people are saying is to turn off battery charge and leave the battery at 40%-50% and run it on the AC untill you need to go somewhere. Then before you have to leave turn on Battery charging and charge it up to 100%.

    As for me I have battery charging off in the Bios and I leave it plugged in all the time. I have not noticed any over charging while it is on the AC.
     
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