is this true??

[I0's]

i called up hp to ask something about my ipaq h5550 and i was told that since its a new piece i should charge my battery fully and discharge it fully for about 5 times as it is good for the long run. is this true?? caz it doesn't make any sense to me :?:

[arnage2]

you dont need to do that.

[Jacob]

They suggested doing something like that with an older kind of battery. With the batteries they use for PDAs now you don't have to.

[I0's]

thx for the reply, btw what the use of doing that anyways??

[Jacob]

Some types of batteries have what they call a "memory effect" which meant that every time you recharged it without fully draining it reduced the amount of time the battery would last.

If you discharged it and then did a full recharge then it would get rid of this "memory effect" ... bringing the amount of time it would last up again.

I think that's a simple explanation.

[I0's]

Some types of batteries have what they call a "memory effect" which meant that every time you recharged it without fully draining it reduced the amount of time the battery would last.

If you discharged it and then did a full recharge then it would get rid of this "memory effect" ... bringing the amount of time it would last up again.

I think that's a simple explanation.

sounds good