It is okay to use a laptop without its battery. In that setup, the laptop will then effectively be a desktop PC, as obviously it could no longer be used unless plugged into the AC adapter. However, some laptops are designed to run with Hybrid Power. When under heavy load with CPU-intensive and GPU-intensive tasks such as video editing or gaming, the laptop draws power concurrently from both AC adapter and battery. When the battery charge falls below 10%, Hybrid Power is disabled, and system performance will drop. If the battery is removed to run on AC alone, or when running on only battery, then in those situations the performance would be reduced. In another thread, some G3 owners said that when they switched from the standard 130-watt AC adapter to a Dell 180-watt AC adapter, the system was able to run at full power without drawing from the battery.
i'm using 130 watt charger and it drains battery while gaming, i have seen in G5 5587 documents that it can support 180 watt charger too. can anyone confirms that by using 180watt would eliminate battery draining or not? i know G5 5587 supports hybrid power but it effects battery life in the long term and i don't wanna do that.
battery drain while gaming on 130 watt charger