If your surrounding area has the problem of electricity and often current goes out then you might have the problem on your laptop battery. Nepal is the country where we face problem of load shedding although we have the possibility of hydro electricity resources. It is better to have option for load shedding rather than abusing them. For load shedding, sometimes it will be the challenge for laptop user to use their laptop more than four hour even in no load shedding. It is pain to have to charge laptops every few hours. Then what will be the solution? I have shown here below some useful tips for this problem. You can fallow this to extend the battery life to your laptop.
Keep monitor brightness to minimal: If possible try to use suitable bright for your eyes. Sometimes you does not need bright screen when you are scanning your computer for virus. You can reduce your monitor brightness. you can try reducing your LCD’s brightness to a level that suits you.
Switch off your wireless:Do not always on your wi fi. If you are not using internet or other networking facilities do not plan on using the internet or other networking facilities, it is better to switch off the wireless card. Many laptops nowadays come pre-installed with a wireless switch button. However, the shortcut keys ‘Fn+F2‘ also work for most of the laptops.
Open Single-task: Now a days Laptop user open many program and leave them for a long time or they leave them and just keep them on sleep mode or hibernate mode. This is a bad habit. Running multiple applications at a time drains your laptop’s battery. To get the most of your battery, close all the background apps that you do not need at any given time. For this just go to your task manager or press (ctrl+alt+del) to check if any unwanted apps or processes are running in the background. Also, simple apps that require lesser RAM and processing power is to be preferred while using laptop on battery power.
Personalize your power options:personalize power options’ feature when you click on the battery icon at the right corner of your task bar. Some features such as ‘when to put your computer to sleep’ or ‘when to dim the screen when the laptop is kept idle’ can be managed there. There are many freewares such as batterycare and easy battery monitorfor similar purposes. This is also help to increase your battery life.
Defragment your hard drive:You can optimize your battery life by using fragment file also. Fragmented files mean your computer has to work harder to retrieve information while regular defragging ensures that the stuff on your hard drive is stored as efficiently as possible. This goes a long way to ensure that your hard disk consumes lesser power during data retrieval. So, it’s a good idea to defragment your hard disk regularly.
To defragment your hard disk, you can use the ‘Disk Defragmenter‘ tool available in windows. Click on ‘Run‘ on the start menu (or use windows key ⊞ + R), type dfrgui and hit enter. The Defragmenter tool opens up.
very less use of CDs and DVDs:Avoid to use CD or DVD. If you have important information on CD or DVD then first copy the file to the hard. Avoid using other USB devices also but copying any data you might need onto your hard disk from any CDs, DVDs or even from your USB devices. Optical drives consume large amounts of power to spin up CDs and DVDs thus, resulting in the quick-death of your battery.
Avoid heating:
Care your laptop from overheating Exposure to high temperature definitely reduce your battery’s life and it may be the cause of other laptop problem. So to cure from heat make sure you keep your computer’s vents clear of dust. Blocked vents leads your PC to generate more heat you can use cooling pad or other heat passing method but avoid propping your laptop on pillows or blankets. They hit laptop faster.
avoid: If you really want to increase your laptop power then avoid such thing like gaming, playing a music or video on the background or playing DVD. Don’t use Go easy when you work on battery power- avoid such things as gaming, playing a song in the background or playing a DVD. Avoid multi task
Hibernate rather than sleep or standby:Hibernate will completely shut your laptop power but slip or stand by will consume some power
updated:Make your driver and software updated.
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