Tips:

1. It is recommended that you do one full drain and charge every three months to maintain calibration of your battery.
2. Turn the screen light down as far as you can and still see, this will make your battery last longer.
3. Turn off any hardware and programs that you are not using. If you do not need them on, then turn them off.
4. Turn your power setting down to portable/ laptop or power saver to keep your battery running longer.
5. Add more RAM so that there is a minimum of hard drive access.
6. After storing a laptop battery and re-charging, it may only re-charge for 10-15 minutes and then claim the notebook battery is fully charged, this is a common phenomenon in rechargeable laptop batteries, to overcome this simply remove the laptop battery and then re-insert it to initiate the charging process again.

Warnings:

1. Having your computer automatically run updates means that there are things continuously running when you don't need them to be.
2. Running CDs and DVDs while your battery is not on the charger will drain faster.
3. Don't play games on your computer when the battery is off the charger, it has to work harder to run all the graphics and other necessary programs.
4. Never connect a laptop to an automotive power supply adapter as a substitute for running on the laptop battery. You likely will damage or destroy your laptop.
5. Lithium Ions can be ruined if the voltage drops below a certain level, avoid letting your notebook battery drain completely and repeatedly.
6. If you plan on not-using the notebook battery for a month or longer then fully charge the laptop battery, then store it in a cool place. The laptop battery will lose its charge while stored and will need to be re-charged before you begin using it again.