I’m showing similar wear levels on my Samsung Q1 batteries. I replaced the original 3-cell when it reached 52% wear after a year’s heavy use and no conditioning; the Mugen Power one I bought to replace it is actually still showing 0% wear after roughly two months of light use and only one conditioning.

My heavyweight 6-cell is showing 36% wear after 9 months of heavy use and few conditionings; I’m charging it up right now for a calibrating run tonight.

— Steve

I try to calibrate the battery every 1 or 2 months too. I’m not sure if it helps or what. When I notice the wear level jump up, I calibrate the battery. Sometimes it goes back down to where it was and sometimes it’ll get worse.

there is a calibration option at bios….

btw. my amteks dont have no issues with wear.. over 1 year old batts still 100%… maybe this is due q1s higher density batts.

1. Check that the system is on AC power (see 1. above)
2. Switch off the system
3. Leave the system overnight (8 hrs) to charge
4. Switch on the system and check that the system is still on AC power (see above).
5. In Control Panel – Performance and Maintenance – Power Options, and change the Power Scheme to Always On. Then change the ‘Running on Batteries’ settings to all say ‘Never’ and click on ‘OK’.
6. Click on the Power Meter tab, and check that the battery is at 100%.
7. Now remove the AC adaptor plug and switch off the AC adaptor power at the mains supply.
8. Time how long the system remains powered. You can use a utility to log the time to the hard disk at regular intervals (see Other Useful Articles below).
9. After the system has switched itself off (usually by a self-controlled ‘Shutdown’), connect the AC adaptor again and switch on the power to recharge the battery.
10.
Leave for 8 hrs to fully recharge.

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Me too: How do you calibrate? ;-)

Yeah, how do you calibrate the battery?

How do you refresh or calibrate a battery?

My original Q1 battery gets about 10 minutes of battery life now. I remember trying to refresh t when it was giving 30 minutes but that didn’t seem to do a thing to help.