laptop battery can i get rid of it

[DaSwede]

I have a Sony Vaio laptop which I only ever use as a desktop PC. Is there any reason why I should keep the battery at all?

I'm not worried about losing unsaved work during power failures - I save my work often quite automatically myself, so that's not important to me. And I'm not worried about one day regretting having gotten rid of the battery - as I say I only ever use this laptop on my desk and I won't want to start running around town with it, I am certain.

My only concerns are that perhaps the laptop itself needs to operate on a battery now and then, in order not to "lose touch" with some of its own functions. Or that there may be some kind of process which I can't foresee as I don't know a thing about computers but during which the use of a battery is vital.

The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to go on charging and discharging the battery every month if the battery isn't even needed in the first place.

[Ethel]

I'm confused. Whilst you are plugged in to the mains your laptop is automatically charging - I can't see what you are needing to do once a month.

Anyway - no, your laptop doesn't need it's battery. That has one function only - to supply power to your machine.

There will be another battery inside the laptop (like a watch battery) which is essential for the smooth running of your laptop - it remembers date/time, bios settings and so on/

[DaSwede]

Hi Ethel, thanks for replying!

Be no longer confused ;-) , here's the explanation: As long as you do keep the battery, it needs to do some work now and then and not just sit there being charged. If you don't use it by using it, as it were, you should at least "use" it by discharging and recharging it regularly. Not doing so is detrimental to the battery and to the laptop both. That's not essential to this question here, but if you are just generally interested, then have a look here (That thread evolved into a battery "interrogation" as I originally thought that my keyboard chaos might have something to do with the battery.)

[Ethel]

Thanks for that - I use my laptop mainly on the mains, but use it on battery once or twice a week. :)

[terambulan]

Wat if there's a power cut....that's when your battery comes into its own.

I've been advised to 'charge-up....use to empty.....and recharge. This prolongs the life of the battery. They're expensive to replace!

I've yet to find a battery to give 2hrs power, as adv on most pc sales!

[DaSwede]

Hi terambulan, yes, power cuts are an issue to take into consideration of course, but, for me, I did address that in my question. (Thanks anyway though!)

[ChuckFickens]

the only thing I will add to this is, as the battery is one of the heaviest parts of a laptop I've found that without the battery in them when you come to open the screen you tend to find you will just lift the laptop up if you don't hold the base down while lifting the screen.

Other than that there is no problem in running it off the mains with no battery

[DaSwede]

Ha ha ha, Chuck Fi- ...er, whatever your name is... that's funny :-) I'll try to remember to hold the base down lest I crash backwards into the wall...! Thanks!

[DaSwede]

I didn't mean your name was funny... but your advice!

:-)

[batteryexper]

just get a new battery, tons of laptop battery shop site in UK,like cheap-laptop-battery.co.uk.....