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OK, I went with a company that put in a new battery for $300.
Now to keep my battery life these are steps I am taking and that in my situation I am able to do.
Battery days are Monday and Friday starting at Midnight. On battery days rund down to 20%. This seems to be best for the Lithium Ion Battery maintaining it's power. So on battery days not just at night but all day just use the computer as you normally would until battery down to 20%. Then charge.
This will limit the number of battery cycles to 2 a week.
On AC power keep at 100% charge if possible and only use battery on a battery day. This works for me. Each of you will probably have to pick your own battery days. But once I start using battery I always go down to 20%. Just like with my cell phone and then I charge.
To not lose battery power when you shutdown computer instead of putting it to sleep. Mine was losing 2.5% every 8 hours so in a week 7 days it would be at about 50%.
Turn off fast start up under power settings. Something draws power for this.
Best is go to Win+R and run shutdown /s /t5 which should get everything.
Or hold power button down for at least 20 seconds to be sure and power off.
May have to change what happens when the power button is pressed if it is set to sleep.
Battery days are Monday and Friday starting at Midnight. On battery days rund down to 20%. This seems to be best for the Lithium Ion Battery maintaining it's power. So on battery days not just at night but all day just use the computer as you normally would until battery down to 20%. Then charge.
This will limit the number of battery cycles to 2 a week.
On AC power keep at 100% charge if possible and only use battery on a battery day. This works for me. Each of you will probably have to pick your own battery days. But once I start using battery I always go down to 20%. Just like with my cell phone and then I charge.
To not lose battery power when you shutdown computer instead of putting it to sleep. Mine was losing 2.5% every 8 hours so in a week 7 days it would be at about 50%.
Turn off fast start up under power settings. Something draws power for this.
Best is go to Win+R and run shutdown /s /t5 which should get everything.
Or hold power button down for at least 20 seconds to be sure and power off.
May have to change what happens when the power button is pressed if it is set to sleep.
Run for 3 days on AC, then on 4th day run on battery to 20% or Run on battery all night on Mondays and Fridays. These are battery days. Not just at night but all day just use the battery down to 20%.
On AC days. When not in use, do what is best, either sleep or shutdown, and then unplug the AC until the computer is needed again. But keep it on AC always and charged to full 100% to not use a battery cycle.
And when running heavy duty programs like virus scans and games, always use AC.
I have seen some programs are so powerful like a Malwarebytes full scan that with the 45 watt charger even on AC at 100% the battery after the scan is finished will have dropped from 100% to something lower like 95%.
So I recommend getting a 65 watt AC charger to provide the amps needed that some programs (games) draw, or multiple applications. You will be able to tell which ones because the back of the laptop will be warm to hot. Not to hot to touch.
Set battery saver mode to always on.