How to Calibrate your Laptop Battery.

A responds to my recent post on how and when should you use your laptop battery. i came across an informative and important guide on how to calibrate your battery when you realise the performance is reduced.

Are you worried why your laptop displays Invalid battery or peradventure your own laptop crosses the battery when adapter is plugged in?

If your answer is yes then i've got good news for you.

After following a few steps you will know

•  IF your battery is still fine. 
• IF you will need another battery.

Before that i will take you through some Do's and Dont's on how to keep your laptop battery to perform at its best.

Do's

• Always Plug-in your adapter when you plan to use your laptop for longer period where there is a source of electricity.
• Use when plugged in.
• Use your laptop in a well ventilated room / environment.

Dont's

•  Do not plug-in your laptop when you are about to go to bed.
• Do not plug-in the adapter to the laptop before you plug it to the main source.
• Always Disassemble the laptop battery from the laptop if you are not going to use it for a long period.

Here is a few steps on how to calibrate your laptop battery. Before you continue, you will need a laptop battery calibrating software which is available on the internet specifically from your laptop manufacturing company's website. Install the application and run a self test after system test.

Step 1

Plug in you laptop Adapter, allow it to be fully charged. 

Step 2

Remove the Laptop Adapter.

Step 3

Reboot the Laptop and go to bios setup page.

Step 4

Run the full self test on the bios setup page, allowing the laptop battery to completely drain-out.

Step 5

Plug-in the Adapter for five minutes then power-on your laptop and allow it to charge up to 50%

Step 6

Run the Battery Calibrating software again to see what you get either still Good or Need for Replacement.

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