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Dell Laptop Battery use manual

New Dell Laptop Battery needs charging and discharging cycle first before the regular usage. Because that battery from factory to the users' hands exists the time differences, and the electrode materials will be its passivation for the battery of the longer time difference, that is why a new battery needs to be completely filled with charging and discharging for three times to eliminate electrode materials passivation, to activate Dell Laptop Battery performance, to reach maximum capacity. Meanwhile, the laptop has the data transmission agreement end between battery and the computer, after the need of two or three times charged and discharged cycle, the percent of its real capacity can keep pace with the percent of content on the computer's screen. Cycle's steps: insert in computer to discharge until the shutdown, and then recharge the Dell Laptop Battery , the charging time must be over 12 hours, to repeat the action of charging and discharging for three times.

How To Extend Laptop Battery's Life?

Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you are constantly looking for the nearest power outlet to charge up. How do you keep your laptop battery going for as long as possible? Here are some easy ways to do so.
1) Turn the brightness level as low as you possibly. Laptops always come with the ability to select the brightness level.
2) Shut down programs running automatic. Some of the programs we won't to use startup in backgroud when you start you OS, like QuickTime, Desktop Search. When expand your taskbar, you can see and shutdown them, but there are also some process invisible in most cases.
3) Hibernate instead of suspend. Suspend mode make you save some power and instantly resume your laptop when you come back.
4) Keep your laptop battery clean. Keep the battery clean especially the matel contacts with some a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol, this keeps the power transfer from your battery more efficient.