For the notebook lovers. :)

**nugundam93** · September 17th, 2006 01:48 PM

asar. mas maarte pa pala sa video card yung colin mcrae 4. it's got a lot of video junk...samantalang quake 4 plays flawlessly. :lol:

**BoEinG_747** · September 17th, 2006 04:25 PM

kailangan ba talaga na drain ang power ng battery ng notebook
before mo i charge uli ?

**userfriendly** · September 17th, 2006 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by BoEinG_747

kailangan ba talaga na drain ang power ng battery ng notebook
before mo i charge uli ?

Kung battery mo ay lithium ion and chances are it is - no need to drain before charging.

**BoEinG_747** · September 17th, 2006 04:48 PM

thanks bro UF,,

PS: pag bago naman po ang battery dapat naman ba 24 hours full charging?

**userfriendly** · September 17th, 2006 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by BoEinG_747

thanks bro UF,,

PS: pag bago naman po ang battery dapat naman ba 24 hours full charging?

Your welcome.

no need all lithium ion batteries will stop charging once it reaches 100% capacity. I sometimes leave my almost 1 year old battery pluged in for days at a time and no problems. 0% battery wear reported by mobilemeter.
Some people recommend fully discharging the battery once in a while just to keep the windows battery meter accurate. Personally, I don't do it.
For lithium ions, it is actually more harmfull to completly drain the battery before recharging. However, if you have ni-cad, it is better to drain it before charging.

For more info go to www.batteryuniversity.com

**j_avonni** · September 17th, 2006 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by BoEinG_747

kailangan ba talaga na drain ang power ng battery ng notebook
before mo i charge uli ?

I don't know. If I open my notebook and the battery power is below 50%, I charge it. Pag 50% or more, I drain it then re-charge.

**BoEinG_747** · September 17th, 2006 05:18 PM

TNX mga bros (j_avonni & userfriendly) again

**lakay** · September 18th, 2006 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

Hmmm. I didn't know they offered Dells in a BX/PX/Navy Exchange/AAFES store....... Can you order Dells through the store?

Actually, the store don't carry Dell or Dell product. They only carry HP/Compaq and Sony, But you have to go NEX/AAFES website and customize your order whatever you want and its assembled in Nevada. Its typically around $250 cheaper than electronic stores plus no tax (one of the perks and no shipping). I also ordered one for my brother in the philippines and he just got recieved it on Friday, but it was assembled in Malaysia. And yes, the shipping was free and so was the tax.

**ssaloon** · September 18th, 2006 09:17 AM

but when my brother drained his macbook's batt during his 1st week of ownership, it increased the battery life by an additional hour..

**userfriendly** · September 18th, 2006 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by ssaloon

but when my brother drained his macbook's batt during his 1st week of ownership, it increased the battery life by an additional hour..

I suspect that his battery and OS were not calibrated. By draining the bat, it recalibrated it with the OS. He did not gain an additional hour. More like he recovered the hour.