Seth Bertalotto - Professional Web Developer http://seth.bertalotto.net Web Developer / Software Application Engineer Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:49:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Laptop Battery Maintainance http://seth.bertalotto.net/blog/laptop-battery-maintainance.html http://seth.bertalotto.net/blog/laptop-battery-maintainance.html#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:26:54 +0000 Seth http://seth.bertalotto.net/?p=22 Battery Improvement

  1. Check current capacity via coconutBattery
  2. Turn off power settings and screen saver
  3. Charge to 100% for 2 hours
  4. Drain completely, let it shut off and leave for 5 hours
  5. Then charge to 100%
  6. Re-run coconutBattery to see new capacity

If 25% compacity, get a new battery

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