How often should a laptop battery be replaced?

I've heard that you should replace a laptop battery every two years. I've also heard that it should be replaced once it can't keep a very long charge like it used to. At what point should it be replaced?How often should a laptop battery be replaced?Most lapptop batteries last 18-24 months with average use. Less with heavy WiFi, gaming and video streaming use on a consistant basis. You can expect to get on average 500-800 charging cycles from your battery and this includes those shallow charges when you let is run down just a bit and charge immediatly or leave the charger on constantly.



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How often should a laptop battery be replaced?u should replace a battery when it starts dying out earlier thn before like if it stays for 3 hrs and now for 2 hrs dont change it wait till it comes to 1 hr and then change it best of luckHow often should a laptop battery be replaced?When after recharging the time to discharge becomes very shortHow often should a laptop battery be replaced?You should change your battery only if, even after recalibration, it does not help to improve the duration of the usage.



More information can be found here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthreHow often should a laptop battery be replaced?Just remember laptop batteries only have limited charge and discharge recycles of 300-500 times(normal using) for li iron will become less and less. when it can only last less than 1.5hours, It is dying , replace it with new battery cells or the whole battery pack if you need higher capacity.