It's so easy to kill a notebook people don't even realize they're doing it. Just by following a few easy steps you can avoid having to replace yours, though. Lithium-Ion cells used in recent notebooks are much better than Ni-Cd cells in old notebooks, but some mistakes can lead to their premature death.



Usually it has been seen that people who use laptops actually plug the laptop to the power supply. However this lithium stock is the wrong way of charging the battery. You should charge a battery once or twice a month. The battery should be charge fully at least 30 minutes before you start using it. In case you are going to use direct power supply, then it is best to remove the battery. This will ensure two things -- first, the battery since it is charged already will not discharge uselessly and second, it will ensure that the battery life is extended.

This model has a 8.9-inch touch screen display. It is a LED back-lit display and supports a variety of multi-touch gestures (which was a lot of fun to use!). The screen can be rotated 180 degrees to face outwards. Some of the other features includes a VGA port, 2 USB ports, audio jacks and a memory card reader. Instead of using the usual lithium-ion battery, this model is powered by a lithium facts-polymer battery.

ONickel Cadmium (NiCd) - The oldest battery type used in cell phones. They are the heaviest and lowest capacity battery type. These can be somewhat hard to find.

Why lithium bettery stock is this important? If you have a relatively new PC the only problem you will get are error messages relating to the clock on start up. No big deal. If your PC is older then a low battery could be a nightmare. I had a PC which once every few months refused to boot. Rather than take the PC in for repair or start replacing parts myself the first thing I did was look at the BIOS settings. It was soon obvious that the BIOS settings were corrupt (wrong bus speed). I put a volt meter on the battery and sure enough it was reading 2.2 volts.

The only drawback on this type of lithium based battery is the high cost. Since it is expensive, it makes sense to use it the right way to extend its service life.

Recharge the battery to full again and repeat the above steps a few more times. This will allow you to use the battery for a longer time and you can do this no more than once a month. Replacement batteries can be expensive and stretching out their use when you are on a budget can help.