What to do to prevent battery damage in our TravelMate B3 Spin notebook laptops?

erncn11

I have an Acer TravelMate B3 Spin notebook. I want my notebook's battery to last longer. However, there is no battery management tab in the Care Center application. It is also not possible to set it in the boot manager. Shall I keep using the notebook only with the battery and charge it and keep it between 20% and 80% which is not a practical way to do?

[Edited the thread to add the model name to the title]

AnhEZ28

@erncn11

This feature is depend on some laptop series. If yours don't have it, just leave the charger plugged in every time you use the laptop to reduce the charging cycle and less battery wear.

billsey

That is correct, I believe Acer discovered that the feature caused more problem (or at least customer service contacts) than anything else, so they pulled it. It makes very little difference in the actual world.

bluepen61

I have a Spin B3 B311-32. One technique you might try is to hibernate Windows and unplug from the charging cable between extended non-use. When hibernated, the laptop is off. And when you fire-up the laptop, it starts very quickly and you can plug it back into the charging cable.

I only use it unplugged when an electrical outlet is unavailable.

Puraw

Microsoft recommends disabling both Hibernate and Fast Startup (automatically disabled with Hibernate) for Windos10-11 for exactly the reasons mentioned above: interference with MS Modern Standby protocol and Windows power functions. I recommend that you don't try to prolong Li-Ion battery life as this is a myth touted on the internet, unfortunately parroted by some laptop vendors and battery monitoring bloatware. The whole battery longevity story started by a Canadian battery company on the internet was based on an old NASA report on Ni-Cd batteries suggesting a charging memory effect later debunked by science and not related to modern Li-Ion batteries that also have built-in Smart chips regulating the charging. A high-quality brand-new battery, endorsed by Acer, will last 1,000 charge cycles or up to 5 years whatever you do as any battery will degrade even when just stored. Battery cells can be damaged/die if depleted to zero charge because of system crashes, wrong installation/circuit shorts or the Smart chip can disable the battery for fire hazard preventions when a non-compatible charger is used or exposed to extreme temperatures. A new battery and after installing Windows OS require one full charge cycle to register the charge capacity in BIOS and MS ACPI battery protocol, this is done in the laptop factory but if the factory laptop box was unsealed or Windows was reinstalled you should do this full charge cycle again.

billsey

Puraw, can you provide a reference for the "Microsoft recommends disabling both Hibernate and Fast Startup" statement? I have been unable to find one, and they have them enabled by default, though it's not obvious that hibernate is enabled, but Fast Startup uses hibernate, so it must be enabled.