My laptop's BIOS has a facility to calibrate my battery. What does this
mean? And is it worthwhile? It takes five hours to perform and runs down my
system. The manual recommends that I do it once per month. Is that right?

Bobby

Bobby wrote:

> My laptop's BIOS has a facility to calibrate my battery. What does this
> mean? And is it worthwhile? It takes five hours to perform and runs down
> my system. The manual recommends that I do it once per month. Is that
> right?
>
> Bobby

batteries true capacity fades over time, say for example from 200 units of
charge to 100 units of charge, with recalibrating each 1% of charge
indicated will mean 1 unit of charge, not the 2 units of charge associated
with a new battery

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Plain English Translation:

Re-calibrating allows your laptop to better estimate the actual charge left
in your battery so it won't just all of the sudden go from 50% to "Replace
battery now!"


"Guy Fawkes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:HIcee.44$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bobby wrote:
>
> > My laptop's BIOS has a facility to calibrate my battery. What does this
> > mean? And is it worthwhile? It takes five hours to perform and runs down
> > my system. The manual recommends that I do it once per month. Is that
> > right?
> >
> > Bobby
>
> batteries true capacity fades over time, say for example from 200 units of
> charge to 100 units of charge, with recalibrating each 1% of charge
> indicated will mean 1 unit of charge, not the 2 units of charge associated
> with a new battery
>
> --
> Lithium ion internal and external batteries.
> Internal from £30 External from £75 (trade)
> All batteries factory new and guaranteed.
> http://www.surfbaud.co.uk/
> e-mail (E-Mail Removed) (www.rot13.com)
>