Kingsoft Guard 4.1 Development Version Battery Guard: Testing And Maintaining Laptop Batteries

Many friends have encountered this situation: they have fully charged their laptop before going out, but just after finishing a meeting, or watching half a movie on the high-speed train, the computer starts to issue a low-battery alarm.

It's fine when plugged in, but once it's removed from the outlet, the battery loses its power.

This kind of embarrassment is actually quite common, especially for laptops that have been used for two or three years. Generally speaking, the battery consumption is not small.

Many people think that they can only replace the battery with a new one. In fact, there is a free laptop battery maintenance software that is worth trying before replacing the battery. Maybe it can make the old battery last longer.

Know battery health with one test

There are many hardware detection tools on the market that can view battery information. However, a specific tool called Kingsoft Battery Guard, specially designed for batteries, will appear more intuitive when used.

It is not an independent software, but a module integrated into the Kingsoft Guard 4.1 development version.

After installation, you can directly enter the Battery Guard interface from the top toolbar.

When it is used for the first time, its interface presents a style similar to that of a computer performing a physical examination. When the "Check Now" button is clicked, the software will automatically read the data contained in the battery chip.

To detect battery loss, the number of complete charge cycles, the temperature of the battery, the age of use, whether it is within the recall range, the setting of the charging threshold, etc., there are about seven or eight items of such information.

The whole process does not require manual operation, just stare at the screen and see the results.

If the computer battery chip does not support reading specific data. So on top of the interface. It will directly show the situation of no information.

For example, take the author's own laptop. After testing, it was found that its loss rate reached as high as 53%, and the comment given by the software was "the battery is in a sub-healthy state and needs more maintenance." No wonder power outages suddenly occur from time to time during normal use.

The cycle charging reminder is very useful

Interestingly, the battery maintenance software is not equipped with the one-click charging and discharging function.

Click on the "Battery Maintenance" tab, and what will appear is a curve graph about battery life. This graph will record the changes in battery loss every day, and then visually display it in the form of a chart.

Although there is no automatic repair function, the software will guide the user to perform a standard cycle charge and discharge operation. This operation is to use the battery to about 20%, and then charge it to 100% in one go.

After a standard cycle is completed, the software will automatically record it and prompt the next charging cycle time in the upper right corner of the home page.

This function is extremely friendly for users who are not familiar with lithium battery maintenance techniques. It is like having a personal battery butler, which will remind you when the battery should be fully charged and discharged, thereby avoiding inaccurate battery statistics due to the battery not being cycled for a long time.

Battery information at a glance

Many users want to check the detailed parameters of their own laptop batteries, such as design capacity, current full capacity, voltage, power, etc. However, it is quite troublesome to find this information in Windows systems.

Kingsoft Battery Guard’s “Battery Information” panel organizes these contents clearly.

The left side is the information about the battery itself, and the right side is the computer hardware information.

For example, the design power, battery voltage, and battery power, etc. These parameters that are difficult to see directly in daily life can be easily checked here.

However, it should be noted that the presentation of this part of the information also relies on the support of the battery chip. Different brands of computers and different models of computers may have differences in the data they can read.

For some older laptops, you may only be able to see the most basic level of wear-related information, but this is actually enough to determine whether the laptop's battery needs to be replaced.

Scene mode helps you save power

This notebook battery maintenance software, in addition to monitoring battery status, also provides power-saving management functions.

Its power solution has some similarities with the power management that comes with the Windows 7 system. However, it has the special feature of software control.

To put it simply, when the notebook switches to battery power mode, Battery Guard will automatically close some background programs that are not particularly commonly used, such as automatic update services for some software, and rarely used startup items.

The advantage is that you can see the effect immediately by doing this. There are fewer programs in the background, the ratio of CPU usage is reduced, and the power consumption will naturally decrease.

And the design of related software has certain user-friendly features. For frequently used software such as online banking controls, Photoshop, and Office, it will pop up a query window to allow users to choose whether to close it.

If you are dissatisfied with the default shutdown list, you can also enter the panel called "Power Saving Plan" and make adjustments manually. The operation is as simple as setting the startup items.

There is a quick switching button on the home page of Battery Guard. This button can be used to switch between high-performance power solutions, balanced power solutions, and long-life power solutions. It can be adjusted at any time according to the usage scenario, which is extremely convenient.

Taskbar shortcuts are easy to operate

After installing Battery Guard, there will be one more in the system tray area power icon .

There is such an icon, which retains the function of Windows' built-in power icon to display the current battery level, and at the same time, adds a richer right-click menu.

Move the mouse cursor to the icon and then right-click. In this way, you can directly switch the power scheme and view the latest data on battery consumption. In addition, you can quickly shut down hardware devices such as Bluetooth, wireless network cards, and cameras that are not frequently used.

For those users who often use their notebooks outside, being able to turn off hardware that is not used temporarily with one click can indeed make the battery last longer.

At the top of the shortcut panel, there is still the entrance to Battery Doctor. With just one click, you can return to the main interface. The operation logic is extremely clear.

Summarize

Kingsoft Battery Guard is more like a recorder and reminder tool for battery health. It will not repair a severely damaged battery like new like the myth. However, with the help of intuitive loss data, relying on cycle charging reminders, background program management, and hardware switch linkage, it can indeed help users better understand and maintain laptop batteries.

If you find that the battery of your laptop is not very durable, you might as well try this free gadget first. Maybe you don’t need to spend money to replace the battery in a hurry.

Naturally, its current functions are still relatively basic, and we hope that subsequent versions will add more practical maintenance functions.