Laptops loose their charm quickly when you constantly look for the nearest power outlet to charge them up. With some simple tips you can now enjoy doing your work on your laptop without worrying about its battery getting dead midway.
Following easy ways will help you lower the battery usage of your power hungry laptop and increase its life.
1. Standby Mode– Keep your laptop in standby mode when idle for a longer time. To set to standby mode: start -> control panel -> power options -> power scheme -> Select the time you wish to go standby.
2. Disable Network Card– Laptops consume loads of power to search for networks.
3. Dim the Screen– In the time of crisis ,set the brightness level to lowest for your LCD screen, it saves a lot battery.
4. Taking care of your Laptop’s Battery– When you charge your battery partially , it reduces your battery life. So u need to take care of your battery by completely using it up before recharging it completely.
5. Controlling programs via Start up– Some programs run in background without your knowledge. For that Start ->Run -> Type ‘msconfig’ ->enter-> Click “start up tab” then select the program u wish to run and the ones you don’t.
6. Deferment Regularly– Laptop utilizes not just time to fetch your data when your hard disk is fragmented but also consumes power. So regularly defragment your hard disk.
7. Remove Unused external Devices– USB slots, external Mouse, External Speakers, iPods always consume more power hence remove them if not required.
8. Remove CD/DVD from the Drives– Spinning drives leads to loss of power quickly hence it is advisable to remove the cd/ dvd from the drives.
9. Use updated softwares– New drivers and updated softwares consume less power.
10. Proper Adapter – Only the original adapter with the exact specification should be made use or else it will damages the battery.
11. Close Unnecessary programs– Unnecessary programs always utilize more power so why not shut them down?
12. Scheduling task– Schedule a task only when you are near a power supply or else just pause the task. The task might be a virus scan or a defrag which might eat up all your power.
13. Desist DVD– Shifting contents to virtual files such as pismo file mount or virtual CDROM control panel or hard drive also saves a lot of power.
14. Protection from Sun– Overexposure to Sun is not just bad for humans but also for laptops.
15. Keep in a cool place– If you would not be using your laptop for a while then it is advisable to partially charge it by 40% and then keep it in a cool place.
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