Post B5hLHoLDXoJlIDyMRk by newt@stereophonic.space
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(DIR) Post #B5etEByMYVEaORqgDY by wststreet@ani.work
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My 2 year old laptop's battery health is at 71% after I've only charged it to 80% to take care of the battery.My old laptop from 8 years ago didn't have a way to limit charge so it was always at 100%, I even used it as a server for a while after I got my new laptop, always plugged in always charging and the battery health on it is 69%So what's the point in trying to take good care of the battery? I know heat plays a factor as well, but if anything, my new laptop is cooler than my old one. Old one had terrible airflow.
(DIR) Post #B5etEC9hsKJAxd9jto by newt@stereophonic.space
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@wststreet try resetting the battery gauge. Usually, either there is a bios feature or a tool, or you just need to charge it to full, discharge it into nothingness until your laptop shuts down, then charge it to full again.
(DIR) Post #B5f19cOjg7smXGVxLM by wststreet@ani.work
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@newt I'll give that a try, thanks!
(DIR) Post #B5f1FWYIKH028tnl3Y by newt@stereophonic.space
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@wststreet if you do the latter, make sure the battery is really empty in the second step. After it shuts down, wait a minute and try to power it on again. Plug it in only after it doesn't power on on its own.
(DIR) Post #B5f7kh1I3aNZJFbrZA by wststreet@ani.work
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@newt Is this just a reporting issue or would this potentially increase my battery life?
(DIR) Post #B5f7khGBAEHy3QZkm0 by newt@stereophonic.space
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@wststreet both? It's a battery controller issue, it incorrectly estimates the held charge.
(DIR) Post #B5hHajGAGI6NDbNHCS by wststreet@ani.work
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@newt Huh, it went from 71% to 73.8% after doing that. It's not much but it's something at least. Thanks for that tip :02_wave:
(DIR) Post #B5hLHoLDXoJlIDyMRk by newt@stereophonic.space
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@wststreet try doing this a few more times every couple of days. Might get you a few more percents.
(DIR) Post #B5iVqF7nfBrouFiJTU by wststreet@ani.work
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@joey @newt Yeah that's how the discussion started. My 8+ year old laptop with no thresholds and overheating issues was at 69% battery health and my new laptop with thresholds set and much better cooling was at 71% after 2 years.
(DIR) Post #B5iVqFSMQkJVw1KjWS by newt@stereophonic.space
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@joey @wststreet depends on the laptop, really. My previous laptop was Dell XPS and it went from 100% to high 60s in the span of just 2 years. Then I sold it.
(DIR) Post #B5jT2I4UQcHuodB7hY by newt@stereophonic.space
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@joey @wststreet i blame the firmware, not the chemistry. Dell support forums are full of complaints about this issue.
(DIR) Post #B5jTmLln0gJZbgOW49 by phnt@fluffytail.org
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@newt @wststreet @joey Dell is notorious for failing batteries after a year of being used as work laptops. My guess that being docked most of the time kills the battery, because the controller keeps charging it at around 100%. As a side note to OP, I had my Leninovo IdeaPad battery drop from 92% percent health to ~40% because I kept it docked for a year and limited to 60% charge max with the built in setting. One day I wanted to discharge it fully to recalibrate and it went from 30% charged to zero immediately. After doing a full discharge cycle it came back to 92% health.
(DIR) Post #B5jTmMMIovWPQvTfyi by newt@stereophonic.space
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@phnt @wststreet @joey except i didn't do it. My laptop was unplugged most of the time. The degradation amount was stupid, it went 5% in one day once. Seriously, this cannot possibly be chemistry.P.S. my Thinkpad Z16 is almost 2 years old now and the battery health hovers in the low 90%-ish.
(DIR) Post #B5jToQYoAZa32mJTF2 by ins0mniak@fsebugoutzone.org
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@phnt @newt @joey @wststreet I used to work for dell. Most of what I did was swapping fuckin batteries.
(DIR) Post #B5jTt5chRPPbYXM9vk by phnt@fluffytail.org
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@newt @wststreet @joey P.S. my Thinkpad Z16 is almost 2 years old now and the battery health hovers in the low 90%-ishI should probably check mine as well, haven't done that in a while.
(DIR) Post #B5kmmfk8qFv7qAS0Qq by phnt@fluffytail.org
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@newt @joey @wststreetimage.png
(DIR) Post #B5kmmfwY67qSSeFuls by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
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@phnt@fluffytail.org @newt@stereophonic.space @joey@stereophonic.space @wststreet@ani.work Actually using GNU bcVery based and GNU pilled of you :thumbsupkonata:
(DIR) Post #B5kmwvO9WmEPG93QSO by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
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@SuperDicq @newt @joey @phnt @wststreet only until the rust coreutils become a gnu replacement 😏