How to Recalibrate a Dell Laptop Battery

One of the biggest challenges laptop owners have is extending the life of their laptop batteries. The batteries of Dell laptops are generally long-lasting, but battery life will also depend on how a person uses his computer. An effective way of improving the condition of laptop batteries is recalibration. This is a must especially when the duration of your battery life has gotten shorter after a few months or years of usage. It is recommended that you recalibrate the battery of your Dell laptop every two months to maintain its good performance.

Instructions

Things You'll Need

* Dell laptop
* Laptop battery(like inspiron 8200 battery / inspiron 5100 battery or inspiron 700m battery)
* Power adapter
* Standard electrical outlet

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Connect the power adapter to your laptop (with the battery attached) then plug the other end to the electrical outlet. Check to make sure that it is charging properly.
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Charge the battery completely. Monitor the battery indicator, which is usually found that the bottom of your computer screen, to check if the battery is already fully charged.
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Plug off the power adapter and use the laptop until the battery is completely drained. To drain the battery faster, run several programs at once and keep the contrast of your screen to its highest levels. Turn off all power-saving features as well.
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Make sure that the battery is totally drained by waiting for your laptop to shut off or go into sleep mode automatically because of very low battery charge.
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Plug the power adapter again and charge the battery again completely. Once this is done, restore the power-saving features and adjust the contract settings of your screen to normal.

References

Warranty on a Dell Battery

Because portable system batteries contain chemicals that degrade over time, reducing their ability to hold a charge, they are considered to be consumable items like printer cartridges rather than permanent system components. For this reason Dell warrants the batteries for one year after the original purchase date of the system regardless of the warranty expiration date on the system itself.


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If your battery is still under warranty, please [Reply] to this message and send us the following:

Company name (if applicable):
Owners Full name:
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Physical address (No PO boxes, include city, state and zip code):
Telephone number (with area code):
A detailed description of your troubleshooting (step numbers will mean nothing to the assisting technician)


* If your battery is no longer under warranty, go to this link to purchase the correct new battery from Dell: