When and how should I discharge my laptop battery?
Question
When and how should I discharge my laptop battery?
Answer
Caution: If your laptop is using a Li-ion battery do not discharge your laptops battery. Doing any of the below steps may decrease the batteries life and discharging is not needed on these batteries.
How do I discharge my laptop battery?
Allow the laptop computer battery to drain completely. To do this you either disable all power management utilities or use the computer until it powers itself down. Once drained, recharge the battery to 100%. Doing this every few months will help extend the life of your portable computer battery.
Refresh battery though CMOS setup
Some laptop manufactures also include a battery refresh through the CMOS setup.
Old laptop battery deep discharge
Older batteries can by discharged by using a deep discharge debug routine found at our Debug page.