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NOVEMBER 21ST, 2008
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Extend notebook battery life

Now the public has become a consumer electronics products, notebook computers than desktop although a lot of one kind or another to carry and use of the advantage, but if you want to look for electronic products such deficiencies and shortcomings, can still find a lot of users are Feeling that the defect area, which most users are not satisfied with the inside of the notebook computer battery is the mode of life, because almost all notebook computer batteries used in the products work, the short life has become a recognized consumer ” Common problem. “

Caused by batteries in laptop mode, short life, there are many, the purchase and use of the initial stage, we should have from what has to understand in advance and to avoid it? Especially in those notebooks will definitely shorten the battery life Factors, on how to do our utmost in order to extend the notebook’s battery life time?

Microsoft Vista notebook into a “culprit stealing electricity”

With regard to software products will affect the notebook [/ url] computer batteries in the mode of life has been somewhat controversial, but the problem now seems to have no suspense, not only because of the adoption of Microsoft’s previous operating system, “ACPI power-driven BUG “This has been the outcome of the dispute, and along with Microsoft’s operating system WindowsVista large popular software products can reduce the notebook’s battery life has irrefutable conclusion.

Recently, foreign media reported that due to WindowsVista the system during the course of the operation need to open the Aero Glass 3D user interface, directly or indirectly increase the laptop’s power capacity, said White is the Aero Glass as a result of the procedures for the use of the system need work In order to embody, and then make the CPU, graphics and display units, such as continuing the work load, which allow laptop needs more power to meet the need, and if it is in the battery-powered mode, the most direct result is a substantial The shortened battery life, Vista “beautiful price,” the case.

In fact, from notebook computers to the deployment of Vista products on the day, Gao Haodian the problem has been people’s attention, but now this concern by ordinary consumers to upgrade to a large number of laptop manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo , And other well-known notebook manufacturers on this very unhappy, we can see in the future, we focus on the hardware side of the energy-saving notebook computer at the same time, Microsoft should also have software on the laptop do not “steal power”.

Microsoft’s operating system is recognized as the first notebook platform, the major power, “” Microsoft has been optimized to improve at the same time, the issue is more direct in the future, but also the number of software products will be notebook The battery “life killer,” or laptop on the road of energy saving products, “stumbling block”!

Why notebook battery life are not allowed to

Look at the various notebook vendors advertising products, it is not difficult to find the battery life is not the time did not elaborate, is the much vaunted book of their own life, however long, but in actual use, under the model of notebook batteries in the end Can be “very long” I am afraid it clear that only the user, this can not be said to be a notebook product promotion and use of the pen’s ironic, then, what exactly are the reasons to allow notebook computer batteries in the model allowed the emergence of life issues It?

For users, and products like mobile phones, notebook computers [/ url] that the battery life of electronic products in a matter of time, given the value of manufacturers none of them are accurate, especially in the user’s actual usage patterns environment , The nominal 4 hours or 10 hours of life has always been “empty promises” and of course we can not say, lies in the manufacturers, but should break apart and manufacturers of view given the “official life” is in the end Based on what kind of test environment, this is a very important aspect, because the same book in different types of batteries in the number of battery-powered, based on a different test environment (such as temperature and humidity, etc.) and environmental systems (such as single or double-Memory Article memory and the screen brightness and so on) and other factors will test different test results, so we should break apart and look at life given by the manufacturers.

In addition to the manufacturers to test out their own life has too many “color technology”, in fact the same type under a specific book because of “physical” different configurations and different users to use the latter part of the environment will be different so it is clear ” Life “at any time a change in the value of this value is not only by increases.

Here, we should be cause for laptop life are not allowed to condemn the two: one is given life time manufacturer is based on the higher number of batteries the battery pack, and to the actual consumer products is low The number of batteries battery pack, but that does not; Another is to provide consumers with poor-quality “original equipment batteries.”

How do the utmost to work long hours so that NB

As we all know, even if you have only to the notebook [/ url] computer screen brightness increase, plus a plug or a memory card to expand what the mouse will shorten the laptop battery in the mode of life, so it is the reality: Laptop battery life will always be people’s choice, because at least a short period of time there will not be a qualitative change, then we really can do nothing to help? Can only watch helplessly the original 35 hours of life Reduce the time to 12 hours it? Of course not.

First of all, unless it is necessary, or we do not as much as possible in battery mode or use laptop computers, the best in the city environment, the use of electricity, especially for notebook computers have long used the work of the people, not to hope The notebook computer batteries you can bring much convenience, even if you can book the battery life for more than 89 hours.

Second, if so, the battery-powered model, best not to use too much of the notebook computer or peripheral functions, such as the use of the environment, or if conditions allow, it is best to screen brightness to a minimum, pulled out the mouse Use touch pad, built-in card or turn off the sound system and so on, a word should be to maximize the life must be “sacrificed”, although this time the use of laptop computers a little pain.

Finally, the mantra is that the proposal to prepare your laptop battery 12, which for those who frequently use the battery life of the working people, is the most sensible and effective solution.

In the existing notebook battery technology background, it is necessary to obtain a longer life is still a dream, especially when the lithium-ion battery technology is still dominated but did not enhance the quality of life under the premise of notebook computers Battery life in the big scope of the “ten-breaking (hours),” the road is still long.

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NOVEMBER 21ST, 2008
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Out of the notebook battery errors

Notebook convenience of the most important in the life of the battery capacity, battery life of notebook directly determine the length of the notebook’s convenient, with the use of laptop batteries can be in any office or place of entertainment, convenience, you are not on the battery Time is running short and the use is very troubling, notebook batteries in the end should be and how to use the correct maintenance, said online options are really correct? Many friends from the notebook’s battery charge and discharge, there is always a lot of errors in the on-line knowledge there are a lot of misunderstanding, to give you the following examples

A misunderstanding: the number of rechargeable battery life decisions

We use the notebook, with the exception of the occasional need to use outside the battery power supply to most of the time at home are the direct use of power, in order to save generally will not take down the battery, but the battery case with direct use of power Perhaps some people will tell you: Do you use such a cell would adversely affect battery life, because then every time the power is a necessary and sufficient electricity, one day charge 3 to 4 times the battery is only 500 times the number of charge, perhaps less than half a year on batteries Waste, so that you will remember that this battery life is 500 times the number of charge, that is, even if one day charging only once, only less than 2 years, so we use power when the battery is removed.

Clearly from the mainstream on-line maintenance of the battery, this is not reminded of the truth in the day-to-day use, should be to minimize the number of rechargeable batteries, notebook batteries, after all, have a memory effect, part of the charge (less than 100%) will lead to battery Batteries of chemical performance, often several times a day in Plug Power, and notebooks equipped with a battery, which means that every time Plug Power will be a charge, and on one charge, battery charging in the number of charge cycles (Also known as life) in relation to a reduction in the end lead to the battery can not be full of electricity, reducing the time range, which is why a lot of friends, his laptop battery only 80% capacity range from 3 hours 1 hour turned into points.

However, the number of rechargeable battery life can really affect you? In fact, Conceptually, the number of rechargeable batteries and battery life has no direct bearing on the ultimate decision is the battery life of the battery charge cycle, if we find out “the number of charge” and “charge cycle” of the relationship, understand How the matter. Charging the battery from the cycle is the first time or the depth of discharge, until the next time the depth of discharge. The charge refers to a number of charge cycles to the number of electric charge, in general, in charge of a cycle, the number of rechargeable lithium batteries in the 400 to 1,000 times, but lithium batteries are generally 100 to 300 charge cycles , And the battery charge each time only by the memory effect, the internal battery of chemical composition and physical activity will not disappear, the number of rechargeable batteries will continue to charge others to complete the cycle.

Misunderstanding two: a new notebook to be three times charge-discharge

You buy a new laptop after using the boot when the battery is only found in more than 20 minutes of the time, we usually have to charge for the first time that the charge-discharge three times, and every time charge to 12 hours or more.
It can be compared to the same car, buy a home to go through a period of running-in period, but the laptop batteries, lithium batteries, despite the activation of cell batteries, but we have to know that the notebook batteries at the factory, manufacturers have After activation of cell batteries, and batteries in the package into a notebook’s battery when activated after the equivalent of a test, which is why buy a notebook to go home after the first boot with a 3% when the battery power, this is the vendor After testing the charge for the first time there is no doubt that this fact has been activated cell batteries, the user can take charge to use the normal way, will not affect battery life and performance of the play.

If you have to believe that the new notebook’s battery charge and discharge process needs three times, it can only increase your workload, but also waste a lot of battery charge of the three cycles, only an increase in unnecessary loss of battery. More importantly, the charge for the first time to charge more than 12 hours, 36 hours on three occasions, and this is nothing but a waste of time, because notebooks are now with a lithium battery, lithium battery with a smart charge-discharge control circuit, unlike earlier Ni-MH battery as the need to manually control the charging time, the smart lithium battery charge and discharge control circuit to identify the course of charge when the battery is full, the charge current will be automatically cut off, and most of the rechargeable lithium battery only 4 to 6 hours can be Full, continue to charge 12 hours a waste of their time.

Three errors: the depth of discharge can enhance the capacity of the battery

A year ago to buy notebook computers, often due to the use of battery-powered, the battery is fully charged, the battery life is only about half an hour, when everyone on the depth of discharge that can enhance the capacity of the battery, increasing battery life. However, once the discharge was found, in fact, battery capacity has not increased, but also reduce a little bit because of a reduction in the battery charge cycle, battery capacity will decrease, but a lot of friends there is such a misunderstanding, that the depth of Can discharge the battery to enhance the actual capacity.

First of all, we know that because of the number of over-charging, the battery charge in the first cycle of the range on the decline, this time due to the effect of making memory chips can not identify the battery capacity, there will be no full power, battery capacity less than 40 Minutes, we have to discharge their operation to repair the battery capacity, but can not raise the actual battery capacity, because the end of the first charge cycle, so that the depth of discharge the battery charge into the next cycle, but each dropped a charge cycle, The batteries have a certain decline in the total power consumption, such as batteries discharge depth of 10, will retain the original power of about 80%, and 200 times the depth of discharge, the battery may be only 30%, to the first 300 charge cycles come to an end on A.

It is clear that when the actual capacity of the battery and control circuit record is not the same capacity, on a battery charge and discharge depth of the operation, so that the control circuit record, so that the battery close to the actual situation, this is the real capacity of the battery so that reflected, not Enhance the capacity of the battery, even though some of the battery calibration software can increase the battery capacity, but this software is a “virtual” upgrade, since the actual battery capacity at times and often can not control circuit record in the same capacity, the ratio of two low , That may be required to repair the discharge operation, and when a higher rate, the battery may be deliberately false correction software, and therefore would like to remind you that regardless of how the correction process battery discharge, and its actual capacity will not change Or even lower.

Misunderstanding four: long-term need on a regular basis do not have to charge and discharge

As most of the time to use the laptop at home, so most people are basically using the power supply, in order to reduce the number of battery charging, the battery will get you put down a drawer, but experts say there has been no batteries do not use, Otherwise, the battery will gradually expire, even if no batteries, preferably full of electric discharge or after taking off place, but the best for about a month to conduct a battery charge and discharge. There is no doubt that this is the majority of users would be a more accurate method of battery maintenance, if you think this operation is not troublesome, and every month to remind ourselves that charge and discharge, then have to tell you that in a waste of time, some of the Operation is likely to seem futile, but it is not a good thing.

First of all, make it clear that if the battery charged when not to place a long time, most likely due to the preservation of the environment and to allow the loss of electricity, and then loaded into a notebook found no electricity, and at this time can continue to use it to recharge. However, the storage battery, whether it is full of electrical discharge or after the preservation, with the remaining 1% of the battery, 30% or 50% of the electricity, and so there is no difference between preservation, on the contrary, fully discharged batteries will save the loss of activity and even lead to control Circuit protection and self-locking no longer be able to use the full power will bring long-term preservation of the security risk, and to preserve its battery life is most affected by high temperature and humidity, as long as the battery on the humidity 30% to 80% in room temperature Between 10 ~ 30 ℃, the basic question of what will not.

Many users believe that even if the battery is not in use, but also the total monthly charge, discharge time, the memory effect of a strong Ni-MH battery, it is very clear that this step is necessary, but the memory effect of lithium batteries is relatively low, and There is no need to charge and discharge once every month, have been frequent charge-discharge cycle is not only a waste of time, but will reduce battery life, of course, despite the notebook lithium batteries have not completely eliminate the memory effect, but has been greatly reduced memory effect, if Batteries do not have long-term, it is necessary to 3 to 4 months of the first charge and discharge, but not full or complete discharge, even if the discharge to the notebook are not open, this time on The lithium battery of belonging to a greater depth of the discharge of the injury, Tend to be counter-productive

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NOVEMBER 21ST, 2008
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Notebook battery life skills

1. Activating a new battery

Generic manufacturers is a new notebook for the first time in the boot with a battery should be 3% of electricity consumption at this time, should not use an external power supply, but the battery’s power than is used up, until the shutdown, and then add Power charge. And then also to the battery charge after the exhaustion of power, charging time must be more than 12 hours, repeated three times to do in order to activate the battery.

2. As far as possible to reduce the use of the number of batteries

The number of battery charging and discharging a direct bearing on the life of each charge a battery to retire a step forward. We proposed to make full use of external power supply, the use of an external battery power will be removed. If you often several times a day in Plug Power, and notebook computers equipped with a battery, battery on the greater damage. Because each access to external power supply is equivalent to charging a battery, battery on the nature of the Zheshou.

3. Exhausted after the electricity charge and avoid charging time is too long

Whether the use of notebook lithium or Ni-MH electric power, it must be exhausted before sufficient power (electricity consumption of less than 1%), which is to avoid the best way to the memory effect. Li-electric memory will have the same effect, but its memory effect than Ni-MH only a small number, only to the full power of the battery / use it only after the charge. Part of the charge, could lead to discharge the battery inside the batteries of different chemical properties, so the battery performance will back down. Recommendations on the battery every few months to carry out a deep discharge the battery in order to optimize performance. This is accomplished through use of battery-powered, the battery capacity has been used to 0% (this time the system will automatically enter standby or hibernation state, according to the BIOS settings in different). And then connected to the AC charger has been full of up to 100%. After a long period of storage batteries, and battery discharge has a natural process, natural discharge has been finished, it does not affect the capacity of the battery.

The first charge, you should continuously charge the battery to 12 hours, and to completely Circulating charge, discharge three times (see the maintenance of a battery) in order to fully awaken to the new battery, this battery has not been stored for several months Use, it also recommended three complete charge and discharge. If a battery in a row after 12 hours, after three or charge-discharge cycle still can not charge, this battery will not be able to use the need to be replaced.

At present, notebook computers are used in lithium-ion battery as its power source, for they were not equipped with a battery of the notebook, the notebook has been totally lost their sense of self, and a mobile PC-like no, so that the notebook computer The battery for notebook computers as a very important part.

In the high-temperature environment to avoid the use of lithium batteries, expert research, a state of high-temperature lithium batteries will accelerate the aging process, and not to the same extreme low-temperature environments. Low temperatures will reduce the activity of lithium batteries to reduce the notebook’s battery life. Lithium batteries on a regular basis to activate processing, is fully charged and discharged, to allow the resumption of the largest-capacity lithium batteries. Practice is to close all the power management so that the notebook slowly discharge until they have no electricity, and then fully charged, can be repeated two or three times. The hot weather, as much as possible to maintain their own notebook batteries, notebook computers can better play its role. I hope your laptop battery will not be a worry for the maintenance of parts.

Because the lithium-ion batteries have a small size, high-energy density, no memory effect, high cycle life, high-voltage battery and low self-discharge rate, the vast majority of notebooks now use the batteries; are allocated to BenQ joybook5000 Battery as an example for everyone on the composition of the battery. We have seen JOYBOOK5000 battery package is actually a good group of batteries, a battery designed by the shell, batteries and protection circuit group consists of three parts. Niche here for details on batteries and circuits to protect an important part of the two, so that we can all work on the principle of the battery has a basic understanding in order to be able to use the correct maintenance of your notebook battery so that it Better for you.

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NOVEMBER 21ST, 2008
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To extend battery life

To extend mobile phone battery life, should pay attention to the following questions: when the network signal does not exist or is extremely weak, they should turn off cell phones. As far as possible to choose the network signal strong local call.

Optional power-saving mode

With an advanced GSM standard features, that is, most of the phone have a “DTX” continuity of the non-fired power-saving mode. In order to power, when the owner is not audible when the phone for the time being launched to reduce the power of radio. Experiments prove, DTX power-saving mode can be extended talk time up to 30% -50%.

In the quiet of the occasion should switch to static, short of ringing telephone.

Select button, or turn off the display lighting.

To avoid the bitter cold when the battery temperature is too low, or else time will be shortened.

The basic method of charging the battery

As a result of different characteristics of the battery, so manufacturers are required to follow the instruction manual method of charging. Standby standby, the phone battery is also expensive. If the rapid charge, the phone will be required to shut down or taken out later by a rechargeable battery.

Quick Charge

Some automated intelligent rapid charger when the lights change direction, that is full of 90%. Charger will automatically slow to change with full battery charge will be. After the battery will be full of the best, otherwise they will be used to shorten the time.

Battery memory effect

If the battery is a nickel-cadmium batteries, not long-term total charge, discharge, easy marks left in the battery, reducing battery capacity, a phenomenon known as the battery memory effect. This means that the battery seems to remember the user’s day-to-day charge, discharge rate and pattern, in the course of time it will be very difficult to change this pattern, do not substantially charged or discharged.

Elimination of memory on a regular basis

Nickel-cadmium batteries because of the memory effect, it must be the elimination of memory on a regular basis. The battery is fully discharged and then re-filled. Electrical discharge can be put to use or discharge of the functions of charger also can use the cell phone back-up stand-by mode. If you can speed up the discharge display and lighting of the phone keys to open. To ensure that the batteries can be filled in accordance with the instructions manuals to control the time, sufficient to repeat, the discharge of two to three times.

Mobile phone battery types

At present, mobile phone batteries are mainly three types: nickel cadmium (Nicd) batteries, nickel metal hydrogen (Nimb) batteries and lithium-ion battery. Nickel-cadmium batteries can be a greater load current for fast charging. The disadvantage is that the battery prone to memory effect; rapid application of the charge. The disadvantage is that the battery prone to memory effect; nickel metal hydride batteries, the industry has been referred to as “environmental protection batteries.” It is the cell phone quality, safe and reliable, and is beneficial to the environment of the cell; lithium-ion battery energy storage of high-density, you can reduce the weight of the phone. The disadvantage is the higher cost

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NOVEMBER 7TH, 2008
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On the proper use of laptop batteries

First, activate the battery (for the first time to buy batteries used for a long time or do not use the battery)

The random distribution of notebook batteries for high-energy lithium-ion battery, for the first time in the use of pre-press method to activate the battery as follows: the initial use Li-ion batteries, the batteries may have little residual power, the need to give discharge and then recharge batteries . Shutdown in a state of charge.

The battery is fully charged, can be used. The first three to use battery power to use all finished another charge. Moreover, the charging time can not be lower than the charge for the first time. In order to ensure maximum battery is activated to ensure the efficient use of battery time.

The above-mentioned process is known to activate the battery. After three complete charge and discharge, the batteries can be used to normal.

Second, the battery initialization

The use of laptop batteries after a long period of time, gradually find that the actual use of the battery will discharge longer than the original time to reduce the number of discharge, which is the lithium-ion battery memory effect.

Can remove the battery to initialize memory effect. Initialization means will be full of battery power, the power to take to do, and once again full of the process. Follow these steps to complete the initialization time:

Ø Make sure the computer is turned off, and then connected to an external power supply charge.

Ø full power after boot. When the screen appears “Press <F2> to enter System Configuration Utility”, press [F2] open the SCU program, and let the computer stops there.

Ø unplug the power adapter, so that the computer continued to drive until the battery power and not far off.

Ø the power adapter connected to the battery is full.

Third, the use of the battery Notes:

• Do not short-circuit the battery

• Do not put batteries will be higher than 60 ° C environment

• Do not put batteries in fire

• Do not drop the battery or vibration

• Do not wipe with a wet cloth on the metal part of the battery

• Do not use wet hands or touch the battery either by immersion in water or other liquid

• Do not arbitrary demolition of battery

• Do not under the sun, the temperature next to the object or the source of fire near the place where the use of batteries or their charge to the

• the use of battery time, as far as possible will be used up before all the electricity charge and a charge of electricity will be full, not half way on the charge or discharge. This will keep your battery at its best.

• Do not charge and a separate storage batteries for more than six months.

NOTE:

1. Do not recharge in the process of Unplug external power supply.

2. Do not free to use non-machine-specific batteries.

3. If this is the first time the use of Lenovo notebook computer, or you do not use it for a long time (three weeks or longer), it must discharge the battery completely and then filled with electricity, in order to restore full battery power.

4. Regardless of whether the battery is installed in the computer, there will be the phenomenon of self-discharge (about 1% of the day, according to a slight difference between different models).

5. If you do not use a computer for a long time (more than 3 weeks), we recommend that you unplug the battery, the battery will be a separate storage (storage environment described above).

6. Lithium-ion batteries because of damage will pollute the environment, but also a certain degree of risk. Please do not throw away free. When you’re ready to deal with waste battery when contact with local authorities to find out that abandoned

7. If you can not remove the battery for a long time, but must have a battery power (to prevent cell damage led to excessive discharge), depending on the number of battery cells may be the length of storage, such as stored in a long time, it is necessary to charge the battery power of the More short inside the battery power is stored for a long time in order to prevent the lead to excessive discharge. (Where there is no specific quantitative targets, the electricity business that no restrictions should be a little more is better). From the notebook battery is charged on the factory out of consideration in this regard.

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