Does Adaptive Battery Optimizer cap max charge level?

[oheneB]

Please ive had an hp victus 15.6 gaming laptop for 7 months now. I've not had any battery issues so far. Im always plugged in at 100 almost all the time and I've always had Adaptive Battery Optimizer enabled since day one. In my first month and a half of use, it hadn't activated but did so in the 2nd month. I was expecting it to now cap my full charge battery capacity to a level around 80 to 90% to prevent it from high stress voltages since I'm always plugged in but my full charge capacity only fluctuates between 66 to 68whr of my design capacity of 70whr, which is between 95% to 97%. Im concerned that these charge levels are still high for lithium ion batteries. I do very much maintain great thermal management of my laptop. I don't know if this is causing ABO not to strictly intervene to cap my max charge level further below the 95 to 97% range because it feels no damage is being done to the battery at those charge levels. Please any opinion and advice on this is much appreciated. Thank you. 

[Mr_RadhaTech]

Don't worry.  Gaming laptops are completely safe to remain connected to the power source once they reach 100% charge. HP laptops such as Victus Series and Omen Series gaming laptops come with a battery management system that bypasses the battery by supplying power to the laptop directly from the charger if it has already been fully charged. Use Adaptive Battery Optimizer, it automatically adjusts charging behavior based on battery temperature, charge state, and how you use the laptop, to reduce long-term wear. It doesn't cap fps to 80%.

80% battery limit is not longer usefull, According to some reports it was causing negative effects with modern windows power management and due to which manufactures also removed this feature for many laptops. Some business class models may still have. Also it's visible benefit was usually modest.

It is recommended to keep the battery at 100% and plugged in for optimal battery health. Lithium-ion batteries have a limited number of charge cycles, so frequent discharging and recharging reduces their lifespan faster. Users who want to run the laptop on battery power can do so, but should not do it frequently and must avoid letting the charge drop below 20%.

Some people also perform battery calibration, draining from 100% to 5%, then recharging to 100% and continuing use, once in every three months to maintain accuracy, especially When battery percentage is behaving inaccurately.  So you can do this If needed.

Take care for heat, have a cooling pad with built in stands for elevation while gaming and you can also do other safe cooling tips like,  Fps cap, etc

[oheneB]

Thanks a lot for the info.  Really appreciate it.

But I want to clarify something here, they say lithium ion batteries experience high stress voltages when charged to 100. Please does Hp's  ABO address this too in anyway?

[Mr_RadhaTech · Accepted solution]

Yes, ABO helps protect battery health by managing charging stress through smart charging, capacity spoofing, and temperature monitoring. You don’t need to worry about it, just follow the advice I provided in my comment above. I provided here as well:

"Don't worry.  Gaming laptops are completely safe to remain connected to the power source once they reach 100% charge. HP laptops such as Victus Series and Omen Series gaming laptops come with a battery management system that bypasses the battery by supplying power to the laptop directly from the charger if it has already been fully charged. Use Adaptive Battery Optimizer, it automatically adjusts charging behavior based on battery temperature, charge state, and how you use the laptop, to reduce long-term wear. It doesn't cap fps to 80%.

80% battery limit is not longer usefull, According to some reports it was causing negative effects with modern windows power management and due to which manufactures also removed this feature for many laptops. Some business class models may still have. Also it's visible benefit was usually modest.

It is recommended to keep the battery at 100% and plugged in for optimal battery health. Lithium-ion batteries have a limited number of charge cycles, so frequent discharging and recharging reduces their lifespan faster. Users who want to run the laptop on battery power can do so, but should not do it frequently and must avoid letting the charge drop below 20%.

Some people also perform battery calibration, draining from 100% to 5%, then recharging to 100% and continuing use, once in every three months to maintain accuracy, especially When battery percentage is behaving inaccurately.  So you can do this If needed.

Take care for heat, have a cooling pad with built in stands for elevation while gaming and you can also do other safe cooling tips like,  Fps cap, etc"

[oheneB]

Thanks once again