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with a full charge on the NC 10 I was able to download ,videos ,surf the web and e mail for over three hours and still had 60% of the battery charge so i am happy so far
It wears down rather quickly though.
The first week i bought mine (end of Nov) i was getting almost 7hrs of battery life on max battery mode.
Now 2 months later i’m getting just under 5hrs with a full charge.
I hate to see what i’ll be getting in 6 months time.It probably has to do with how you charge it, if I recall, laptop batteries are picky with how they’re charged.
Remeber there is an option in the BIOS called Smart Battery which will discharge the battery completley and give you a more accurate charge remaining time!
@ pulp163
Wow, that’s really disappointing that your battery life is diminishing that quickly. Anybody else had a similar experience? I know these batteries gradually lose their charge over time, but losing two hours in two months is horrible. If true, it kind of kills the claim of the NC10 having such a long-lasting battery.
Problem is the nature of using the Sammy. Unless you drain it ALL THE WAY, you’ll gradually destory your battery. I would think the Battery Discharge thing in the Bios might be healthy, but why kick your battery in the nuts?
Just organically drain it all the way with normal use a few times and charge it all the way up. What hurts it most is using it til battery’s down to 80% then charging and repeating. But that’s normal use for most people.
These are Lion batteries – that does not have a negative effect on these batteries, that was for the older NiCD style ones. However, lion batteries do degrade over time as they crystalize and there is nothing you can really do about it, although it should not be that fast. About 2-3 years to drop a battery to little available charge…
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It wears down rather quickly though.
The first week i bought mine (end of Nov) i was getting almost 7hrs of battery life on max battery mode.
Now 2 months later i’m getting just under 5hrs with a full charge.
I hate to see what i’ll be getting in 6 months time.
[/quote1232612609]30% drop of battery life in 2 months? Highly unlikely.
You may want to drain out all your battery then do a complete recharge to recalibrate the battery. If you are still concerned about your battery life, you can get it replaced via warranty. If you have the US version, that’s 3 years and 3 months of warranty. A simple comparison to ASUS’s 6 months warranty on battery life makes you thankful for this.
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These are Lion batteries – that does not have a negative effect on these batteries, that was for the older NiCD style ones. However, lion batteries do degrade over time as they crystalize and there is nothing you can really do about it, although it should not be that fast. About 2-3 years to drop a battery to little available charge…
[/quote1232641756]Yes, but don’t li-ions go by the “cycle” thing? As in, say they’re good for 2000 charge cycles. A full cycle would be from a state of 0% to fully charged, .5 of a cycle would be from 50% to full charge etc. I’ve always thought it was better to “top off” lithium ion batteries than run them down low.
Pretty much, yes. However, the response was to someone stating that you needed to run it all the way down. Ironically, yes, Lions are better suited to the partial discharge. However you want to look at it, either number of charges, or just use over time, the chemicals will deteriorate over time and/or charges, and after a few years be worthless…
With li-ion batteries, the right way to take care of it is to let it discharge to nearly 40% and store it away. if you drain it so much, the power cycle will deteriorate the cells.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think the Li-ion batteries are better off being used often, try to avoid draining it all the way down. Recharing it when it is at 20% left I think would be the best for the battery wear. My battery wear has stopped at 5.8% and has not become worse (after 3 months of use, used many hours every day) so I’m quite happy with the quality of the NC10’s batteries.
Using the “Smart Battery Calibration” in BIOS and drain the battery all the way down gives a better measurement of the battery life but I wouldn’t recommend using that feature too often…
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