Windows 10: Windows Laptop - Bypass battery on AC?

Hi all,


I have been wanting to ditch my high end desktop / low end laptop combo and replace it with a single high end laptop. I use it for business and occasional gaming, so when I travel it's very convenient to have all of my data with me without having to sync it manually in the past, I just Teamviewer to my desktop, but when I'm at home I'd like to use it to game on once in a while.


I've seen some very nice high end laptops, some which are thin and light even while having RTX GPUs such as Razer Blade's or newer ASUS ROG laptops, but a huge concern I've had is that when under heavy load like gaming, the batteries seem to constantly drain and refill even when on AC power. I am guessing this will cause longevity issues with the battery and I don't want to deal with battery swelling issues that many seem to have with high end laptops.


There are two ways I can see to avoid this:

1. Remove the laptop battery when at home, put it back in when travelling.

2. Some software to force bypass charging the battery when on AC power, so the wall power is only used even when under load.


For option 1, this would be a huge inconvenience, since if I wanted to move the laptop even when not leaving my house, I'd have to take the backplate off and put the battery back in.

So option 2 seems like the best of both worlds. But it doesn't seem possible. I'm not talking about just "limiting battery charge to 80%" or something like that, I mean an option to set it to bypass battery altogether as if a battery wasn't in the laptop, like a Windows app you could tick on and off to bypass battery or not bypass battery.


I've looked at many laptop manufacturers and none have capability to do this, be it Windows software or in BIOS. Windows power options don't cover anything like this.


Is this just technically impossible? If not does anyone have an idea on how about any software to achieve this?

:)

 

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1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s okay if you only have 1).

7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.

 

Battery Won't Charge Fully

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.

 

Plugged in but battery does not charge

If the laptop works without the battery then charger is functioning correctly. Take a cloth with a bit of rubbing alcohol on it (or some on-the-go alcohol swabs), and clean the metal contacts that connect your battery to your laptop.

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.