[ltp] TP 770X battery recharge problems

[Octavian Procopiuc]

> Recently I did a BIOS upgrade on my 770X and it updated the battery
> management software in the system controller (or something like that)
> and now I notice that battery charging behavior is different - the
> machine won't charge the battery as long as it has 95% or more charge.

This is actually the feature that's enhancing the battery life. The way I 
understand it is as follows: the battery life is directly proportional to 
the charging cycles. A charging cycle is counted even if the battery goes 
to 99% by just standing in the computer (this is especially relevant for 
the so-called "desktop replacement" laptops, which are plugged in most of 
the time, yet the battery is in it; btw, it shouldn't be, this is also 
killing the battery). So what they did was to decrease the number of 
charging cycles by letting the battery go to 95% 
before starting to charge again. But when it does, it should go to 100%, of 
course.

 --Tavi. 

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