Do i need to condition my laptop battery?

I got a brand new dv7 laptop, do i have to "condition the battery" since its brand new? I cant get a straight answer on this. everything i read is different.they say yes, no, store fully charged, store half charged, fully discharge at least once a month, never discharge more than 70%, etc. does anyone know the CORRECT way to use a new Li-ion battery?

Yeah pretty much leave it alone. There is no need to "condition" the battery. That was true in 1994 with Nickel Cadmium batteries which had a wicked memory effect. Nickel Metal Hydride had a smaller memory effect and Lithium ion has none. Most of the advice you are seeing about how to handle it is based on trying to avoid memory effect, which would mean that if you discharged it down to say 40%, then recharged, you could never get it below 40% again. If you are going to take it out and store it yes run it down to about 50% first. There is no need to do that unless it is going to be deskbound for more than a couple weeks. Also avoid discharging below about 20% but the battery management program in Windows can be set to warn you about that. Otherwise there is no need to play games with it, like discharging it once a month. Use it and be prepared that it is going to last 1.5-3 or 4 years depending on how much you cycle it.

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