Batteries
FAQ Session:
Q: How long will the new main battery power the laptop?
A: Battery run-time on a laptop is difficult to determine. Actual battery run time depends upon the power demands made by the equipment. The use of the screen, the hard drive and other accessories results in an additional drain upon the battery, effectively reducing its run time. The total run-time of the battery is also dependent upon the design of the equipment.
Q: Why is the battery capacity lowered while left unused?
A: Due to influences of ambient humidity and non-absolute insulation environment, batteries have a phenomenon of self-consumption. Dependant upon the quality, the charge would decline around 1% every 3-4 days, so it is quite normal if the charge is not lowered in a major way!
Q: Should I take off the battery when using AC adaptor?
A: Usually laptop charging function starts charging when charge is less than 95%, and because natural consumption phenomenon exists, it does not make difference whether to take it off or keep it remain in laptop. But we suggest you keep it inside the laptop, because it could keep the ongoing operations continue and prevent data loss if AC power is abruptly interrupted. If you want to take the battery off, you are suggested putting it in dry and cold place, and remember to cycle the battery at least once a month to keep it active.
Q: Will battery life decrease if I charge it when it is not fully discharged?
A: Battery life is calculated by full charge-discharge cycles, Li-ion battery usually has 300-400 cycle life. You don�t have to worry about the battery being calculated one more cycle when you just charged a little bit, averagely one more life cycle is only accumulated when you charge it to 80-90%.
Q: Battery capacity still shows 0% even after 20 hours of charging, and the laptop immediately shuts down when AC adaptor is unplugged, what�s the problem?
A: The first thing you need to do is check the contact between the laptop and battery, because if the contact is not good, even the communication data between them is read, the battery cannot be charged. Since the laptop battery slot may become disfigured after long period of use while the battery plastic casing is designed according to new laptop specification, it would cause contact problems. Under such circumstances, please take off the battery and put it inside the laptop for several times to ensure better contact. When you hear a sound CLICK, it basically means the contact is good. Try more times and the contact problem can be solved, especially for IBM laptops.
Q: The battery is not discharging and laptop immediately shuts down after unplugging AC adaptor when the battery is charged to certain percentage or even 100%, why?
A: When such case takes place, please pay attention to your ambient temperature. If you are in somewhere with very high temperature, the battery will automatically protect itself after long time using, and the laptop startup program would stop working. At this moment, please restart your laptop after 1 hour.
Another possibility is some problems took place with your laptop during charging process, because laptop charging circuit is easy to cause problems when taking charge. Please try your original battery on the laptop and see if it works.
Q: My laptop immediately shut down when I put in the battery, but it worked well when the battery was taken out, why?
A: It shows the battery is dead and you need to use a new battery, but it is rather rare!
Q: My battery always caused laptop to shut down without enough warnings that it would go to hibernation, it happened several times, and now it can only be used for several minutes after being fully charged, why?
A: When you face such problem, please refer to Calibrating Your Laptop Battery For Best Performance for proper operations. If the problem still exists, please contact your vendor.
Q: When I charged the battery for the first time, it still showed 30% after hours of charging, why? How can I charge it to 100%?
A: When you face such problem, please refer to Calibrating Your Laptop Battery For Best Performance for proper operations. If the problem still exists, please contact your vendor.
Q: Why did the laptop show that the battery is fully charged after just 10 minutes of charging?
A: When you face such problem, please refer to Calibrating Your Laptop Battery For Best Performance for proper operations. If the problem still exists, please contact your vendor.
Q: My battery lasted 3 hours for the first time, but it couldn�t take charge for the second time, is it faulty?
A: When you face such problem, please refer to Calibrating Your Laptop Battery For Best Performance for proper operations. If the problem still exists, please contact your vendor.
