Can I take the battery out when using AC?

[bessel]

Thanks..

[piquadrat]

Yes you can, it's even good for the battery. Batteries don't like heat, so taking them out of the warm notebook can't be bad. Furthermore, you can avoid unnecessary charge/discharge cycles.

Of course you'll loose all unsaved data in the event of a power outage.

[bessel]

Yes I just tried. My intention was not to extend the battery life but to optimize the ventilation. However I found that the temperatures of both the CPU and GPU actually went up by about 3 degrees celcius after the battery was removed.

Yes you can, it's even good for the battery. Batteries don't like heat, so taking them out of the warm notebook can't be bad. Furthermore, you can avoid unnecessary charge/discharge cycles.

Of course you'll loose all unsaved data in the event of a power outage.

[GomJabbar]

Unless you are connected to an UPS, I would not recommend it. See following recent thread:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=25794

[CupOfJoe]

Yes you can, it's even good for the battery. Batteries don't like heat, so taking them out of the warm notebook can't be bad. Furthermore, you can avoid unnecessary charge/discharge cycles.

Of course you'll loose all unsaved data in the event of a power outage.

I recently started a thread with the exact same subject -- and received a conflicting answer to that of this thread.

See:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=


Personally, I wouldn't remove the battery while on AC (i.e., hot swapping it is a no-no.)

-CupOfJoe