How to Maintenance your new replacement Dell Vostro A840 battery, some suggestions

1. New Vostro A840 battery must be fully charged before use.
2. New battery pack needs to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity.
3.Laptop battery undergo self-discharging when left unused. Always store a battery in a fully charged stage for storage.
4. Fully drain and fully recharge your battery every few months.
5. Turn down the battery brightness of your portable device.
6. Use built-in power management on your portable device.
7. Turn off battery or other unnecessary accessories when not in use.
8. Set screen saver blank to 1 to 2 minutes of your notebook
9. Add more RAM if you have extra RAM expansion slot, it will reduce the usage of hard drive and it is power exhaustive.
10. Close unused software in your notebook.
11. Remove unused PC Cards or USB devices from your notebook.
12. Don´t watch DVD or play graphics intensive video games.
13. Don´t short circuit terminal or store your DELL Vostro A840 laptop battery pack with metal parts.
14. Don´t drop or mutilate the battery pack.
15. Don´t expose to moisture or water.