Keep laptop on battery power?

I have had hardware problems with my laptop. Now that it is repaired, two professional repair geeks that worked on it suggested that I stop using it plugged in except when I need to recharge the battery. Instead, operate it on battery power only and that will prolong the battery. Is that true? I thought it used to be, but that we had passed that stage of evolution with batteries.

 

I've always heard one should remove the battery unless it is charging to prolong battery life.

 

i wouldn't worry about it, i keep my laptop on ac power pretty much 24/7 with the battery plugged in over a year with no issues.

 

I had not considered removing the battery to prolong its life. Interesting. That would protect it for sure. That makes the option prudent.

 

Hi my fellow , battery work like ups when the current is cutting off sometimes , don't forget that :wave

 

plodr, that is indeed interesting. Cell phones sometimes state instructions similarly. Like you, I keep my laptop plugged in almost all the time. The event that made me consider other options is my laptop, just over one and a quarter year old has run through three hard drives. That cannot be a string of bad luck. Something is bringing them down. A faulty mother board could do that. So I started, prior to owning this laptop, by purchasing two Asus laptops. One lasted a week and the mother board stopped. It was replaced with another Asus just like it which lasted four weeks and the mother board stopped. Now it appears this laptop, a Toshiba Satellite is doing the same thing but at a slower rate. The guys working on it think it has to do with the laptop staying power plugged instead of battery operated. I have never had this problem before, but I am learning a lot the hard way. Thanks for your input.

 

Hi Serit,

My first thought is that your Laptop has a heat problem. Processor runs at half speed on battery so may not have the problem on battery. Hard drive apparent problems usually turn out to be software problems and not HDD failure.

Luck, Jim