Battery backup is one of the key things for a notebook/laptop. Most people strongly believe that battery backup is only affected by the number of cells in your battery. Which is true, but at the same time there some easy things you can do to ensure that you get the most out of your notebook battery.
Here are some tips which you may find helpful to get 100% out of your laptop/notebook..
- Reduce the brightness: Display alone consumes more battery than the rest of your laptop. So if you need to increase the battery backup time it is a good idea to reduce the brightness of your display. Reduce the brightness to a level where you are comfortable & it does not strain your eyes.
- Switch off wireless: Every laptop today features wireless connectivity & wireless radios consume energy. Be it Blue-tooth or Wi-Fi everything requires power, so be choosy about what you want & switch off the unwanted. Most laptops come with a dedicated button exactly for this reason. Besides the battery it would also ensure that your device is more secure.
- No multitasking: If you are working on many applications at the same time on your laptop, the memory & CPU usage increases. This in turn increases the power requirement of your laptop. Close any applications you aren’t using. It is more efficient to run a single application at a time, then close it & open a new one when you want to work on something else.
- Reduce the performance: If you have to do general computing while traveling then you don’t need high performance. So to make your laptop utilize the battery in the best possible manner, keep your laptop on balanced or battery saver mode. You can change the power settings by clicking the battery icon on the task bar & then selecting power saver or balanced from the options.
- Remove external devices: External devices like an external hard disc drive or your internet data card or even you flash drives, all require power to function, which is drawn from your laptop. As long as you are connected to a power source it is ok to use these but while your laptop is on battery, try minimizing the usage of external devices.
Good luck & happy power saving
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This post was written by admin on September 22, 2009
