Thursday, July 1, 2010

How to Maximize HP Laptop Battery Life

There are actions you can take to make your laptop battery last longer during each charge cycle and live longer over many cycles. HP laptop battery always recommends following the instructions for charging and storage that came with the hp battery or notebook. On this page we offer additional suggestions to help you get the most from your portable power supply.


1. Manage battery ( hp 510 battery, hp 530 battery) power more effectively in Windows/

2. Make sure your battery gives the power you need, when you need it. Power Options in Windows XP allow you to control the power management features of your notebook PC.

3.Learn more about the Power Options in Windows by visiting Microsoft's support site

4. Learn the tips for conserving battery power on notebook PCs.

5. Reduce the brightness of the screen to the minimum readable level. Use the Fn and F7 or F8 keys to adjust the brightness.

6. Remove peripherals when not in use. External hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip drives, PC cards, and other peripheral devices can draw power from your battery even when they are not in active use. Disconnect them when you have finished using them.

7. Reduce the speed of your processor. The faster your computer works, the more quickly it uses up the supply of power. By cutting down on processor speed, you can extend the charge of your battery. Methods to reduce processor speed vary from model to model, and your manual should provide instructions for doing so.

8. Turn off the Wireless On-Off button when it is not in use. If your notebook has one, press the Wireless On-Off button so that the light turns off.

9. Learn some 'Best Battery care practices'
(1) Store Li-Ion laptop batteries between 20°C and 25°C (68°F and 77°F) with 30% to 50% charge.
(2) Do not leave hp batteries (hp 550 battery, hp pavilion dm3 battery)exposed to high temperatures for extended periods. Prolonged exposure to heat (for example, inside a hot car) will accelerate the deterioration of Li-Ion cells.
(3) Remove the battery if the notebook will be stored (turned off and not plugged into AC power) for more than 2 weeks.
(4) Remove the hp pavilion battery (pavilion dm3 battery) if the notebook will be plugged into AC power continuously (via a wall adapter or docking station) for more than 2 weeks.

10. Calibrate the notebook PC battery.
Short discharges and recharges do not fully synchronize the battery's fuel gauge with the battery's state-of-charge. This can result in the amount of power available in one cycle being less than expected or the laptop battery meter being inaccurate.
Under normal usage, batteries should be calibrated a minimum of once every 3 months.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Lenovo ThinkPad R61 & Lenovo ThinkPad R61 Battery

Lenovo ThinkPad R61

This notebook is my first notebook and will be used mostly for university studies, casual gaming, office work, web surfing and some mathematics programming. I was not looking for a gaming notebook so I chose the Intel X3100 graphics card as it provides more than enough power to satisfy Vista’s graphics requirements. Furthermore, the integrated graphics allows the notebook to remain much cooler than my friend’s T60p (ATI FireGL 5200) and last much longer on laptop battery despite its mere 4-cell lenovo laptop battery (compared to the T60p’s 9-cell).

I considered the Dell Inspiron 6400 (dell inspiron 6400 battery), HP Pavilion dv6500t, Thinkpad T60 and of course the popular ThinkPad T61 (lenovo thinkpad t61 battery) before purchasing this notebook. After researching each candidate, I ruled out the Inspiron 6400, Pavilion dv6500t and was left with three Thinkpad choices.

I heard great things about the Thinkpad lines, mostly their reputation as rugged companions with reliable performance. The T60 and T61 proved to be similar in price. Actually, the T61 was cheaper (with comparable specifications) in Canada compared to the T60. However, further comparison of the T61 and R61 showed the T61 (t61 battery) had little to offer me over the R61. The price difference was $200 CAD before tax and I figured that the extra 0.2 lb of weight and 0.2 inches thickness was well worth saving the money for upgrades and accessories.

Lenovo ThinkPad R61 Battery
The 4-cell thinkpad r61 battery lasts about three and a half hours from a full charge down to 5% with lowest screen brightness and minimal use (office work and internet, therefore wireless on). Watching a DVD drained the lenovo battery in around two hours. The times seem respectable since it is only the 4-cell lenovo r61 battery. Therefore, I considered the possibility of purchasing another 7-cell lenovo thinkpad r61 battery to use in conjunction with the 4-cell. This combination should last the whole day when needed for a day of lectures or certain events.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Prolong Dell Laptop Battery Life

Battery Tips to Prolong Your Dell Laptop Battery Life

A new dell laptop battery ( dell inspiron battery, dell latitude battery, dell vostro battery etc ) comes in a discharged condition and must be charged before use . Upon initial use (or after a prolonged storage period) the laptop battery (such as vgp-bps8, vgp-bps9, vgp-bps9b ) may require three to four full charge/discharge cycles before achieving maximum capacity.
New dell laptop batteries ( such as dell 1545 battery, dell 1525 battery, dell vostro 1000 battery etc)are hard for the device to charge; they have never been fully charged and are therefore “unformed”. Sometimes the device’s charger will stop charging a new battery before it is fully charged. If this happens, remove the battery from the device and then reinsert it. The charge cycle should begin again. This may happen several times during the first battery charge. Don’t worry; it’s perfectly normal for the dell battery.
Do not leave the dell laptop battery dormant for long periods of time. We recommend using the battery at least once every two to three weeks. If the dell battery has not been used for a long period of time, perform the new battery break in procedure described above.
The replacement dell inspiron battery (inspiron 1501 battery, inspiron 6400 battery etc)will often be higher than the original laptop battery. A higher mAH rating is indicative of a longer lasting (higher capacity) battery and will not cause any incompatibilities. A Hi-Capacity battery will, in most cases, outperform the original by 30% to 50%.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

9Cell Dell Inspiron 1545 Battery, Replacment Dell 1545 Battery

The replacement dell inspiron 1545 battery is specially designed for the original Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop battery.This high quality replacement 9-Cell dell 1545 battery will get your laptop up and running the right way at the very best price. It is safe with overvoltage, shortcircuit and overcurrent protection. The quality of this dell laptop battery is certified as well by TUV,RoHS and the CE to name a few
Extended
Dell 1545 Battery Pack Specs:
Rating: 11.1V
Capacity: 6600mAh
Size: 220*73*22mm
Color: Black
Technology: Lithium-Ion
Contacts: 9 Position
Condition: Brand New
30 days money back, 1 year warranty.
Fits for
dell inspiron 1525 battery, dell inspiron 1526 battery, dell inspiron 1545 battery
Battery Tips to Prolong Your Dell Inspiron 1545 Battery Life
A new dell inspiron 1545 battery comes in a discharged condition and must be charged before use . Upon initial use (or after a prolonged storage period) the 1545 battery may require three to four full charge/discharge cycles before achieving maximum capacity.
New
dell 1545 batteries are hard for the device to charge; they have never been fully charged and are therefore “unformed”. Sometimes the device’s charger will stop charging a new battery before it is fully charged. If this happens, remove the battery from the device and then reinsert it. The charge cycle should begin again. This may happen several times during the first battery charge. Don’t worry; it’s perfectly normal for the inspiron 1545 battery.
Do not leave the dell 1545 battery dormant for long periods of time. We recommend using the battery at least once every two to three weeks. If the inspiron 1545 battery has not been used for a long period of time, perform the new battery break in procedure described above.
The replacement
dell inspiron battery will often be higher than the original 1545 battery. A higher mAH rating is indicative of a longer lasting (higher capacity) battery and will not cause any incompatibilities. A Hi-Capacity battery will, in most cases, outperform the original by 30% to 50%.
From: 6600mAh 9Cell Replacement Dell Inspiron 1545 Battery Pack

Monday, May 31, 2010

Dell Vostro 1000 Li-Ion Battery Prevention Guidance For Notebook Customers

If consumers are buying Li-ion dell vostro 1000 battery the makers can say to them how many hours the Li-ion rechargeable vostro 1000 battery can come, there are more causes that promote to the malfunction of the Li-ion dell laptop battery. Many of the notebook clients don't have any thought about the technical stuff incorporated on obtaining utmost life out of their Dell Vostro 1000 Li-ion notebook battery. Compare to all laptop batteries, you need to provide care while the vostro 1000 batteries are not in use. Don't store yours Li-ion notebook battery close to chemicals or in the wet region that can less your notebook battery life.


One more simple system of boosting your Li-ion notebook battery life is by De-fragmenting disc and take out extra folders. By using this straight forward method can allow yours laptop to boot up more quickly, this will utilizes lower power. Change your power settings with that it may use small amount of power necessary to get your laptop running. brighter display consume much more battery. Adjust brightness when ever running the laptop on battery.


Close entire unimportant applications when yours notebook based over Dell Vostro 1000 power pack as major power resource. Don't permit anti-virus scan while our laptop relaying over Battery pack, because this scan substantially enhance processor & hard disk utilization when depending over notebook battery. Try to avoid to connecting to the internet until it's absolutely needed, if we are based on yours Dell Vostro 1000 laptop battery ( compatible with dell inspiron 1501 battery, dell inspiron 6400 battery, dell latitude 131l battery, ) as the main power resource. Perform anti virus scan when you are associate to primary power source. Don't run antivirus scan if we are working on Li-ion rechargeable battery. This can preserve battery power.

When ever it is feasible try to minimize utilization of USB attachments such as optical DVD or CD drives/players, lead to consume a lot of power to operate. Unplug those devices and USB devices have the maximal Priority to consume the battery capacity. Detach over all external peripheral like an external mouse, fire wire, PC Cards, Wi-Fi box, Outside speakers, pen drives Blue tooth and even a attached iPod.

Hibernate & Suspend methods are used for saving Power of the laptop battery although, generally notebooks utilize much more Li-ion dell Battery power in the SUSPEND method. We don't know those causes but the "instant-on" obtain 30-60 second's additional period of time to go away from hibernation method. This little quantity of time represents the considerable force on the total Note book Battery lifespan. In the hibernate method sign in & sign out are really favorable & efficient than the normal start & shutdown activity. When in hibernate method the shutdown activity grants a possibility to pause existing process straightaway with the power-off and in start up operation it can preserve with in a few seconds completely, As a result hibernate mode saving power. But suspend mode diminish the energy consumption of our computer through not providing the energy to the hardware devices those we are not utilizing. Hence by following hibernate method we can saves the notebook Battery power. We may put the shortcut icon for hibernate as a replacement of the manual activity (one time carrying out the manual steps in control panel then make use of the created shortcut icon by Press "Windows key" pursue by U followed by H). If you have some work at outer for longer period, in such circumstances use the hibernate mode as an alternative using suspend mode.


Each Notebook customer wants to make a Dell Vostro 1000 Notebook power pack end as long as feasible. Nevertheless each Notebook battery had the Specific life period. Thus in case we can go through the above listed good laptop battery suggestions that can work to prolong Li-ion notebook battery life period.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Sony Vaio VGN-NR160E Review & Vaio VGN-NR160E Battery VGP-BPS9

Sony Vaio VGN-NR160E
Notebook: Sony Vaio VGN-NR160E
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5250
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 256 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Sony Battery: 12Cell Replacement Sony Vaio VGN-NR160E Battery Vgp-bps9, vgp-bps9b
The NR160 offers a stylish exterior, but average performance. Representing Sony in the budget notebook arena, the VAIO VGN-NR160E may not be as flashy as its more expensive VAIO siblings, but it's attractive nonetheless. You don't get a lot of extras with this system, and performance is merely average, but we love the big keyboard keys and spacious hard drive. The Sony VAIO VGN-NR160E falls somewhere in the middle in terms of performance, but its cool textured styling, decent sony vaio vgn-nr160e battery life, and brilliant display make this notebook a pretty good value.
3.5 von 5, Leistung mäßig, Mobilität gut, Display gut, Preis/Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/17/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 60% display: 80% mobility: 80%

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Dell Inspiron 1525 Battery Q&A

Q: My dell inspiron 1525 laptop icon says:plugged, not charging.What can I do?
the charger light is on but the icon shows 16% available(plugged in, not charging)

A: I had an Inspiron with a similar problem... 1st check the dell inspiron 1525 battery isnt loose or anything, or it may just be your dell 1525 battery has died... otherwise mine did this because the power socket was broken and therefore not enough power was getting through... in which case it may need either a replacement socket or like with mine it may be the end of the laptops life! Of course it may be none of these but its what ive seen before.

Q: Dell Inspiron 1525 battery not charging, also detecting flash drive when not there?
I have an Inspiron 1525. I recently had the power cord replaced because my inspiron 1525 battery will not charge, and the blue light indicating the charge will not light up even though the icon on my computer acknowledges that it is plugged in. Even with the new cord, I can keep my computer running as long as it is plugged in at all times, but it still will not add charge.
Also, the icon for detected hardware (a flash drive) keeps popping up then disappearing at the bottom corner of my screen. It's driving me out of my mind. Since the charger port is next to the USB port on my laptop, could it be a circuitry issue? Has anyone else had this problem? Help!

A: Sounds like the motherboard might need replacing. I have a 1525 and have not experienced this issue, but motherboards and dell batteries can just "die". Call dell and tell them you want your mobo replaced. If you are firm with them they make you jump through a lot less hoops.

Q: Where to buy a cheap third-party dell inspiron 1525 battery pack?

A: Powerlaptopbattery.co.uk supply replacement dell laptop batteries online. 6600mAh replacement battery for dell inspiron 1525 compatible with orginal dell inspiron 1525 battery, dell inspiron 1526 battery, dell inspiron 1545 battery.

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