Among the foremost concerns expressed by consumers while purchasing a new laptop computer, is the latter’s battery life. While Toshiba laptop manufacturers stake extravagant claims of battery life on their latest models, in reality, these figures hardly seem to match up. There is Toshiba Tech Support available to educate and enable users to get the best performance out of their laptop batteries.
In order to improve battery performance, it is important to understand how a battery works and how its charge is drained. A battery stores energy by charging its’ positive and negative terminals to a specific voltage level, when connected to an AC power source. When a laptop is off the power supply, its’ battery kicks into action and powers the circuits. Meanwhile, the battery slowly gets drained of its’ charge.
A Lithium (Li) ion battery is the standard battery being used by most laptop manufacturers today, due to several factors. Li-ion batteries are lightweight compared to older battery materials and can hold their charge for longer duration, which translates to lighter laptops with a longer battery runtime. Additionally, they are not plagued by the ‘Memory effect’ observed in other battery materials consequently they do not need to be discharged completely before the next recharge. All Toshiba laptops use Li-ion batteries.
For a newly purchased Toshiba laptop, it is required to charge the battery for a specific number of hours before the laptop is turned on. Detailed instructions are available on Toshiba technical support Website and the user instruction manual that comes with the purchase.
While it is not advisable to discharge the laptop battery completely as doing so can ruin the battery.