Just need some advice from someone, preferably with experience in regards to my questions.
So I swapped from a desktop to a gaming laptop. I use the laptop as a desktop but also like to use to outside when the weather is nicer. I use lenovo vantage to limit the battery between 75-80%.
I was wondering, because I use it mostly plugged in. If I pull the battery out, is there a preferred method to store the battery?
Might be a silly question however, would removing the battery have a good effect on temperature? I have no temperature issues but as we all know, heat isn’t what you want with computer components.
I know quite a bit about desktops but laptops are new to me.
I don’t understand why you would even consider taking the battery out. You could very well null and void your manufacturer’s warranty or something. I never played my laptop without plugging it in. The performance goes down considerably when you do.
A battery in storage should be cool, not cold, but below room temp. As for adding to the laptop’s heat, it shouldn’t affect it all that much. In fact if a battery is getting that hot it’s most likely defective and will soon start swelling with a possible end result a fire or explosion. As for the question of it working without the battery installed there’s only one way to find out, and I really doubt it’s will actually work.
Because using the battery plugged in all the time deteriorates them.
I just read some where that storing in the fridge was a thing. I thought it sounded odd.
The battery is fine. But I don’t use it as it’s always plugged in. I know laptops are fine to use without a battery. Well, ones that are capable of running without one.
Most gaming laptops not only have the ability to remove the battery, it also won’t void your warranty. Early batteries had a tendency to have their fully charged level slowly drop, so a user often would go through more than one battery during the laptop’s life. So classic design laptops still have the feature. Not sure about the new thin and light ones though, so you might be right where they’re involved.
Actually battery life on true gaming laptops are so poor that you almost have to use them plugged in the majority of the time. A friend of mine had a desktop replacement gaming laptop and it was big, heavy, and maybe gave him and hour before it ran out of power, if he was lucky. So while it will affect your battery somewhat, it’s not so much that the reduced performance and gaming time is the better option.
No idea. I’ve only used a lappy for motorbike trips. And it was mid tier for gaming at best. I prefer desktops myself (not judging). I just can’t live with the constraints that come with using a laptop.
Edit: I did have to replace its battery because I left it in storage for too long, like 5 years too long… lol
Gaming laptops with removable batteries can be played without the battery in it. I did this with an alienware 24/7. Keeping the battery in a room temp room is fine. My lenovo legion is always plugged in with an unremovable battery so i keep it set to charge to 50% max to conserve the battery’s lifetime. If you play it outside in warm weather I’d be more concerned with the motherboard reaching too high a temperature before a battery.
Hard to say on that one. Replacements aren’t really that expensive unless you’re running a high tier OEM lappy (like Alienware) and go through them. I think I payed less than 100CN for my replacement.
A good place is a drawer in a room that gets a lot of shade or you can put it in a box, close it up and store it under a bed.
Some place dark, dry and that should be cool enough.
As for how long they store for I’m not sure but it should be a really long time.