{"id":1927,"date":"2018-11-13T04:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2018-11-13T04:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T04:03:10","slug":"how-to-recondition-a-laptop-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/battery-tips\/how-to-recondition-a-laptop-battery.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Recondition a Laptop Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1<br \/>\nInsert the battery into the laptop. Plug in the laptop and allow the battery to fully charge. Restart the computer.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nDisable hibernation temporarily. In Windows XP, for example, click Start, then \"Control Panel,\" then \"Power Options.\" Select the \"Hibernate\" tab, then uncheck \"Enable Hibernation.\" Click \"OK\" to save the settings.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nChange settings to discharge the battery. Click on \"Control Panel,\" \"Performance and Maintenance,\" \"Power Options\" and then \"Power Schemes.\" Make a note of the settings under the \"Plugged In\" and \"Running on Batteries\" columns so you can reset them later.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nSet all six options to \"Never\" from the drop-down lists. Click \"OK\" to save the settings and disable power management.<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nUnplug the laptop, but do not turn it off. Run the laptop until the battery is completely discharged (the Power\/Standby light will blink) and the laptop shuts down.<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\nPlug the laptop back in, allow it to fully charge again, then restart the computer. Enable hibernation and enter your original performance settings in \"Power Schemes.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Insert the battery into the laptop. Plug in the laptop and allow the battery to fully charge. Restart the computer. 2 Disable hibernation temporarily. In Windows XP, for example, click Start, then &#8220;Control Panel,&#8221; then &#8220;Power Options.&#8221; Select the &#8220;Hibernate&#8221; tab, then uncheck &#8220;Enable Hibernation.&#8221; Click &#8220;OK&#8221; to save the settings. 3 Change settings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[1206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}