Laptop Battery Software

SmokeyDP · 12-15-2004, 09:43 AM

A friend has a HP laptop and it has software that will automatically drain the battery completely down and recharge it and report its full health in % form. Do they have anything like this for other laptops? I know my IBM T40 has it built in.

brainsmile · 12-15-2004, 11:15 AM

wow that's a pretty cool program... Do all thinkpads have that?

SmokeyDP · 12-15-2004, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by brainsmile

wow that's a pretty cool program... Do all thinkpads have that?

The T40 I have does. You press the Access IBM button when its starting up and it goes into a builtin DOS mode which all kinds of utilities. The HP one is run from Windows and runs every few months depending on how its set.

brainsmile · 12-15-2004, 11:21 AM

I'm looking for a new thinkpad and am trying to figure out if I want the t40, t41 or t42

SmokeyDP · 12-15-2004, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by brainsmile

I'm looking for a new thinkpad and am trying to figure out if I want the t40, t41 or t42

What are you going to need it for? T40 is VERY powerful and I can't see needing a newer one unless you are doing heavy graphics work as the T40 has a Radeon 7500 anyway. My brother has a 1.5Ghz 1024MB Dell 700m and he can play Doom 3 on the thing. Those Pentium M cpus are a lot quicker than their Ghz make them out to be.

If the T40 can be had new and a few hundred cheaper than the T41 or T42 then I think the decision is very easy. Hell I still have my Thinkpad 600E. 366mhz and 192MB of FURY!!! It has Windows XP and I use it for GPS duty with MS Streets and Trips.

brainsmile · 12-15-2004, 12:51 PM

well I use a R30 and it's mostly for math computations.

SmokeyDP · 12-15-2004, 12:54 PM

If you can do the math in a 64 Bit environment you should look into an Athlon64 system runing the 64 bit version of windows. It should crunch like there is no tomorrow.

Dman33 · 12-17-2004, 07:09 AM

I had been looking for similar software for dell laptops. I had some dell batteries that would need 'reconditioning' but the involved sending them back to dell. I always wondered if there was software that could force the laptop to drain and re-charge and check status for you.

I guess it would be strongly hardware dependent though....

SmokeyDP · 12-17-2004, 07:59 AM

Well the guys HP did have it, but I rebuilt the computer with a new version of XP Pro instead of using their restore disks, so now I am in the process of trying to find it for him without reverting to the restore disks.

12-15-2004, 09:43 AM	#1
SmokeyDP Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Middlesex, NJ Posts: 541	Laptop Battery Software A friend has a HP laptop and it has software that will automatically drain the battery completely down and recharge it and report its full health in % form. Do they have anything like this for other laptops? I know my IBM T40 has it built in.

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12-15-2004, 11:15 AM	#2
brainsmile Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!? Posts: 13,754	wow that's a pretty cool program... Do all thinkpads have that?

12-15-2004, 11:21 AM	#4
brainsmile Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!? Posts: 13,754	I'm looking for a new thinkpad and am trying to figure out if I want the t40, t41 or t42

12-15-2004, 12:51 PM	#6
brainsmile Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: woah... why is welfareloser here with me so early in the morning and more importantly why am I wearing her clothes?!? Posts: 13,754	well I use a R30 and it's mostly for math computations.

12-15-2004, 12:54 PM	#7
SmokeyDP Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Middlesex, NJ Posts: 541	If you can do the math in a 64 Bit environment you should look into an Athlon64 system runing the 64 bit version of windows. It should crunch like there is no tomorrow.

12-17-2004, 07:09 AM	#8
Dman33 Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York Posts: 324	I had been looking for similar software for dell laptops. I had some dell batteries that would need 'reconditioning' but the involved sending them back to dell. I always wondered if there was software that could force the laptop to drain and re-charge and check status for you. I guess it would be strongly hardware dependent though....

12-17-2004, 07:59 AM	#9
SmokeyDP Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Middlesex, NJ Posts: 541	Well the guys HP did have it, but I rebuilt the computer with a new version of XP Pro instead of using their restore disks, so now I am in the process of trying to find it for him without reverting to the restore disks.

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