# Battery degradation

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/battery-degradation/14825>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [February 4, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/battery-degradation/14825 "2022-02-04T06:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vectorspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c0e974/32.png) [@Vectorspace](https://community.frame.work/u/Vectorspace)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/battery-degradation/14825/5 "2022-02-05T20:16:48Z")

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The mainboard can run without the battery, but only if the power supply can supply at least 100W. And a recent bios version (I think older versions don’t work without the battery)

There is a bios option to soft disconnect the battery for cases where it’s left plugged in, but reports are the option switches off if mains power is disconnected and would need to be manually re-enabled. [Battery Disconnect Usage](http://community.frame.work/t/battery-disconnect-usage/7906)

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