Sorry for interruption here. Am from VAIO's club.
Juz happened to see this which I studied else where...

I read that the main concern that degrade our battery life span is the heat our lappy is producing when it's running, especially extensive application or high demand games.
Li-Ion is very sensitive to heat and will greatly ruin the life span of it. So do not keep the battery in the car under hot sun too.

When plugged in, the power will cut off when it;s fully charge. Provided ur lappy is not heats up during usage at that time, then ur battery is consider safe. Otherwise, pls unplug the battery if u know ur lappy is going to heats up, as the heat from the lappy will spread to ur battery eventually & hence ruining it.

Hope I'm correct. Correct me if I'm wrong.


P/s:
- Best storage for Li-Ion battery is 40% of power, when u plan to leave the battery unattended for some time. 100% is not encouraged too.
- Do not leave battery drops 0% too long, as this will caused unrecoverable cells and hence losing the storage capacity permanently.
- It's common for battery to stay shorter in very cool condition than normal room temp. It's normal, and it's not permanent.

This post has been edited by DalphinuS: Mar 3 2010, 05:35 PM

my heart crumble when I know that the CPU is not socket type..but solder to the main board of M11x
thinking of changing it to SU9600 is gone
SU9600 CPU

Just bought Dragon Age Origins, installing tonight. I promise this will be the last game I'll buy .......until C&C4 comes out, that is.

Also saw BFBC2 already on the shelf for sale, too bad that game leaves a bad taste in my mouth from previous experience tied with a certain arsehole I knew. Plus, I'm a "jump in jump out" kinda person, so I don't have time to clan/group up to play this. *shrug*

Was at Starbucks BTS until 7pm, so today's portable gaming experiment is a huge success. Was playing SFIV and COD:MW2 offline and online as well, so portable gaming is definitely possible, without breaking your back carrying it around.

hello. thanks for ur answer
so this means that all laptops will automatically cut off its battery usage when the battery is fully charge.
thankx

It should cut off.. otherwise it would've exploded? lol..

Yes heat is the main main enemy of the Li-Ion battery.. It'll degrade fast..

I've had all my Acer batteries die, prime suspect is the system overheating.
Big step up from Acer to Alienware imo XD

But from my experience, it's really best to take out the battery whenever it's fully charged. There's no harm in doing so anyway, unless you're really THAT lazy.

I take it out on holidays where i seldom use the battery.. and i live it in my lappy when im having my semester since its always charge/discharge lol..

the problem is we cant take out the m11x battery just any how.. we need to unscrew the back cover and take out.. then screw back. lolz.
and thats why there's the enabling/disabling battery function for m11x
however that function doesnt work anymore after updating (according to nbr and stringfellow).

so i guess the best way is to make sure the battery is fully charged. if brign to school, find a plug and connect to ur ac adpater before switching ur laptop on. this will ensure the laptop's battery fully charged and nvr been drained for a tiny bit.

correct me if im wrong

i think it'll still top up a little say 0-1%?

Chuk chuk chuk~~

Wait till u see another great game from BIOWARE... [MASS EFFECT 2]

A very high detailed game! Highly recommended!!!

Has anyone tried GTA 4 on the M11x?

if u not taking out the battery, means the battery is still directly intact with ur lappy body.

Juz make sure ur lappy dun heat up when ur battery is attached. No extensive games!

Sorry for the double-post, I have a question to anyone with an M15x or M17x(I'd assume the same thing would apply for both computers).

With my current computer now, when it gets hot(which always happens), I can feel it on my hands that rest on the side of the touchpad, which can get annoying at times(inb4malaysianweather). Does the Alienware insulate the heat at those spots?

i think the alienware heat spot will not be directly on top of the battery. they will surely find a way to design it..
isit rite for those who experienced ur m11x?

I don't even feel hot at any spot after playing CODMW2 for 2 hour++.Only little warm at the palmrest area. For me the cooling system is really good.

honestly i don't feel a thing. i don't know if AW insulate those spot or the cooling is very good, but i am totally impressed !

EDIT : maybe due to winter. we will see its performance during summer

This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Mar 3 2010, 11:36 PM

anyone here excepts screemo and grease who owns the tactx headset?
wanna noe how it performs... interested to get one for the next pc fair

count down 13 hours.. wakaka

+1 for looks/design

-2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 for sounds quality.

haha, but i think grease is pretty happy with the quality tho.

It looks tacky imo, I'll stick to Logitech headphones =\

hmm..
guys, i cant charge my battery la..
7% left now.. plug in adapter, but written there not charging?
why?