laptop battery

[Raymond House]

I was finding lots of information about other models but not this one.I
have saved the manual.Many thanks.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Cranky, thanks a lot I'll look at that,I wonder how you found that,I
> have been looking all over and was getting nowhere.
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:25 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I found this in the User guide for that model laptop (page 44):
>>
>> For information on connecting to AC power, refer to the Setup
>> Instructions poster provided in the
>> computer box.
>> *The computer does not use battery power when the computer is connected
>> to AC external power with*
>> *an approved AC adapter or an optional docking/expansion device*.
>>
>> For your reference, you can see the guide at
>> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03837811.pdf (pdf file)
>>
>>
>> On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 2:20:15 PM Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andy, I'm using an HP pavilion model 15-n041ca.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Andy Boersma <Andy at boersma.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Most laptops will run without a battery, but some of the newer Intel
>>>> designed/build motherboards in them the CPU is cycled down.
>>>>
>>>> We did some test on a 2011 MacBookPro and a 2014 Dell Precision Laptop,
>>>> both CPUs slowed 40%
>>>> A Dell Latitude just continued at the same speed.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 1:53 PM, William Frick <frickwg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I suspect not as some of the charging circuits may need to have a
>>>> 'load' be it ever so small but at least there.  The battery also serves as
>>>> a large capacitor filling in during sudden large current draws such as
>>>> drive spinup etc...
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for all the input on this subject,I guess what I'm really
>>>>> looking for is can I run the laptop on the power supply only? without the
>>>>> battery.
>>>>>
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