Battery charging issue

[surg]

Both standard and 8 cell battery in my X60s always are charged to the max although I adjusted settings in powermanager to stop charging process at 94%.
This happens with everything updated to last specs.
No difference between bios 1.04 and 1.06 also.

[jamieacura]

I think that the way it works is that it only charges if it drops below 94% (not that it won't charge all the way to 100%). This keeps the number of charge cycles down if you just use it away from power for a few minutes here and there.

[FredFromNYC]

Is the Power Manager Gauge displayed in your task bar? The settings are only effective when the Gauge is visible.

[yiplong]

You can specify when it will start charging (less than 40% for example) and when to stop charging (when reached 95%).

What would be the optimal setting? to maximize battery life? Currently, I have it set to 40% - 95%.