Non-removable battery of an Acer Aspire 3 laptop
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Hello,
I have had a new Acer Aspire 3 PC with a fixed battery for a month now. My PC is constantly plugged into the power source. I would like to know how to see if my PC is running solely on electricity or if it is also running on the battery at the same time. Is it possible to make it work only on external power? I always have two blue indicator lights on. The other day, one of those two lights was orange and said "battery charged in 11 minutes". So, even though I am on power, is the battery also being used? Is there a place where we can set it to run only on external power? I still work 5 hours a day on the PC. And one last point: when this fixed battery wears out... will the computer still work only on power, or is this battery repairable? This worries me. Thank you all for your good advice.
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I have had a new Acer Aspire 3 PC with a fixed battery for a month now. My PC is constantly plugged into the power source. I would like to know how to see if my PC is running solely on electricity or if it is also running on the battery at the same time. Is it possible to make it work only on external power? I always have two blue indicator lights on. The other day, one of those two lights was orange and said "battery charged in 11 minutes". So, even though I am on power, is the battery also being used? Is there a place where we can set it to run only on external power? I still work 5 hours a day on the PC. And one last point: when this fixed battery wears out... will the computer still work only on power, or is this battery repairable? This worries me. Thank you all for your good advice.
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ContributorHello,
If plugged in, the laptop operates on AC power.
The misconception that using AC power avoids battery wear has the opposite effect.
A battery should be used regularly.
Otherwise, without use, it will always discharge a little, doesn't work, and wears out faster than if it were used, going through charge and discharge cycles.
So it's good to use your laptop on battery from time to time.
The internal battery can be replaced in case of failure; it’s just a bit more complicated to access.
(You have to open the laptop)
Yes and no, depending on the failure, it may or may not hinder the laptop’s operation.
The 11% could be due to not using the laptop this weekend, for example, because a battery always discharges a bit even when the laptop is off.
Additionally, for a new laptop, it's recommended to use it on battery at first; normally, there's no need to aim for a complete discharge (another misconception), just do two or three charge-discharge cycles to ensure the maximum capacity of the battery is reached.
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Thank you very much gugu01 for your quick response. In fact, I don't know where to change on the PC to work on the battery..... Is it possible for me to work at the same time on battery and mains? My apologies for sometimes asking "simple" questions, but being very old, I hoped not to have to change PCs after this one (because for transferring from one PC to another.... with my thousands of emails in POP/IMAP, the technician who comes spends more than 6 hours transferring everything each time I change PCs, plus what I do myself transferring thousands of photos, videos....).
But you have already helped me a lot by telling me that if this fixed battery fails, it can be repaired or replaced, without affecting everything on the PC.
Does the fact that one of my two blue indicator lights said "charge complete in 11 minutes" mean that the battery is still being used and therefore I should not, as you suggested, work only on the battery from time to time to keep it longer? Thank you again for reading me. -
Contributor@MoniqueI added to my previous message, at the bottom, the possible logic behind this 11%, I'm not sure if you saw it.
No, your PC works fine as long as it's plugged in, so that's good.
Sometimes, it takes two or three uses on battery at the beginning for it to charge to the max.
(Let’s say that the very first charges, two or three, aren’t at a true 100%, which explains this 11% loss that won't be so significant once the battery settles at its definitive maximum of 100%, calibration.)
Which you haven't done since you're always on sector.
And
A battery always discharges a bit even when the PC is turned off and not used.
Both of these reasons explain why when you took it back after the weekend, it didn't have its battery fully charged, these 11% which seem a lot.
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Basically,
Use from the start, now, your PC
>>> on battery (don’t plug it in)
>>> Two or three charge/discharge cycles (normally charge it early, don’t aim for 0%)
The battery will charge fully, find its definitive 100%, and calibrate.
(It won’t do this or not well if always plugged in)
After that, occasionally use the PC on battery.
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Did you understand well?
This 11% is due to the accumulation of the two points mentioned, and it will be lesser or none after you've followed the "basically".
Feel free to ask again if you’re unsure you understood well.
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@gugu01Thank you very much gugu01 for your help. Yes, I think I understood. As silly as it may seem, I thought it was on the PC that I had to indicate that I wanted to work using only the battery... I just realized that I just need to unplug the PC! Sometimes the simplest things slip by us! And I also remembered that after the technician who installed the PC came, at one point the battery was almost empty. I only realized two days later that the power plug was not properly inserted "also ridiculous." After properly inserting the plug, the battery indeed started charging... So in what you said, there has already been a battery charge. I will therefore follow your advice and do one or two more charges... For now, it is at 100%, so I will unplug the PC. In fact, it wasn't 11% that it showed, but "11 minutes remaining before the battery is fully charged." Now maybe 11 minutes corresponds to 11%! I must also admit that I had to get used to this Windows 10 (coming from Windows 7). It's not easy when you have to relearn every time, especially when you're also a few years older... Once again, thank you very much gugu01 and have a good evening.
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Contributor@MoniqueYou're welcome ;-)
It seems you have only had desktop PCs before, your first laptop.
Yes, nothing simpler, just plug in or unplug the charger.
When the PC is running, the battery takes over when you unplug the charger, allowing you to move around and settle elsewhere.
As for Windows 10, you get used to it; it stays in line with the logic of Windows like XP and 7 (Vista and 8 were quite different), and in the end, we find it simpler than Windows 7.
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