Three problems for Notebook Computer Battery Maintenance December 24, 2006

Now use notebook computers are growing, and it has brought the use of facilities to users, let us enjoy the full mobile office arising from the fun. But you really thought about what so let notebook computer facilities? In fact, it is the battery, no batteries notebook computer in the general functions on the desktop and no distinction. While inside the notebook battery is expensive lend its longer life expectancy we also use the lower cost, we now use to talk about how to protect your batteries.

(a) Need to activate the new batteries
In fact, back in the cells of plants should have been completed and notebook batteries led to the identification of a natural depletion of electricity in order to avoid causing harm to the batteries. Batteries should be left without protection circuit conditions, lithium batteries may itself with the protection circuits, circuit design pieces purpose is to avoid excessive cell provides discharge, the general battery in a call when the charging light coming moment, not in charging batteries state, So this time you then plug inserted in the charger for charging above is meaningless. We can see from the status of battery cells is seen in charge, there is a simple way to judge whether a battery charging status, battery charging at the time of distribution will be some heat when the batteries after a full hour (chargers power plugs are not pulling down temporarily), you go find batteries, This time you will find in the normal atmosphere temperature of the battery is, this is not because the battery had been charged at this time, of course, no heat generated.

(b) how to correctly charge
Whether notebooks use lithium batteries or nickel-hydrogen batteries, these batteries are memory effects, nickel-hydrogen batteries have a clear memory effect, lithium power equally with memory effect, but its memory compared to the nickel-hydrogen little effect. We have not heard of the so-called lithium batteries memory effect saying that only some of the exaggerated claims Wainaina is wrong to consumers. Since lithium batteries have memory effect, then it should be in charge of the electricity used to be charged, it should not apply when charging then charging, although such use to facilitate, but will shorten the useful life of battery. But we also have no need of electricity fully depleted go charging so troublesome. Although such protection circuits at the cell will not do damage to the protection of batteries, but are not particularly necessary. In fact, less than 3% in the electricity charge could, and the objective existence of the memory effect, but natural wear and tear than, what has not.

(c) whether need to pull out the batteries when Use of external hard disk power
This in fact depends on the use of external hard disks in your power to the battery charging time is not required, the frequency of battery charging is directly related to the life, normally provides discharge lithium batteries number is fixed, the number of general charging only about 500 -700 times. We each made a call to the cell, corresponding, a rechargeable also reduce the number. But a lot of notebook manufacturers are now taking into account the vulnerability of cells in an increase in cell protection technology, not necessarily in conditions not charged. Even so, when you use external hard disks power prolonged use of computers, or that you will be achieved batteries because batteries unbeatable rival high temperature is one of notebook computers in use would produce a certain temperature, which is very harmful to the cell. Of course if you do not grasp their own batteries so I still recommend you to use your battery weight down to external hard disks power, because not all cells have protection circuits.

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