On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 09:43 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: > Hello all: > Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the > battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery? > Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still > holding a charge but that the battery is degraded and should be > replaced. > > Also, not sure if this is possible, but I would like to control how > the laptop charges the battery. I tend to have the laptop plugged in > most of the time and this constant charging state is apparently very > bad for battery lifetime. So a charge/drain cycle is supposedly > better. ---- most laptops have Lithium Ion batteries and are not bothered by 'memory effect' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteries I think with Lithium Ion batteries, all you do by charge/drain cycles is shorten their life. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.