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Adjusting screen brightness, turning off unnecessary connections, or optimizing settings are ways to increase laptop battery life.
1. 10 Tips for Extending Laptop Battery Life Users Should Apply Immediately
Adjusting screen brightness, turning off unnecessary connections, or optimizing settings are ways to increase battery life for laptops.
Activate Power Saving Mode
Many laptops nowadays come with integrated power-saving modes like Eco Mode or Battery Saver. By enabling this setting, the computer adjusts to reduce unnecessary power consumption without requiring complex manual setups. Typically, Eco Mode or Battery Saver reduces the processing speed of the machine, dims the screen brightness...
Adjusting Screen Brightness
The screen is one of the most power-consuming components on a laptop. To prolong battery life, users can adjust the screen brightness to a moderate level without compromising user experience or causing eye strain. Typically, laptops have a brightness adjustment button or settings accessible through the Settings/Control Panel.
Turning Off Unnecessary Connections
When not using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, users can turn off these connections to save battery power. Additionally, disconnecting peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard, USB devices, or removing CDs from the drive if not needed can further conserve power.
Limiting Background Applications
Antivirus software, chat applications, or other programs set to run in the background consume resources even when not in use. By disabling them in the Task Manager > Startup, users can save resources and extend battery life, helping laptops last longer on a single charge.
Maintain Hard Drive and Prevent Fragmentation
Hard drives HDDs utilize disks to store data which over time can lead to fragmentation. Cleaning up and preventing fragmentation on the hard drive will help the device read data faster, consume less energy. In addition to using Optimize Drivers available on the Windows operating system, users can install some third-party software that is set up to automatically clean up and effectively prevent fragmentation. Optimizing data on the HDD can be done regularly weekly, monthly depending on your usage.
Avoid Overheating Your Laptop
Temperature is the enemy of most types of batteries in electronic devices, and laptops are no exception. Allowing the machine to become too hot not only reduces its processing power but also drains the battery quickly. Users should keep the laptop in a cool, well-ventilated place, away from heat sources, avoiding placing it on blankets, beds... Additionally, you can use a cooling pad or prop up the machine to dissipate heat more quickly.
Properly Shut Down Your Machine
Computers typically have three shutdown modes including Shutdown, Sleep, and Hibernate to be utilized in different scenarios. When not using the laptop for an extended period, you should shut down the device completely with the Shutdown mode to maximize battery savings. Meanwhile, Sleep mode is like a short nap, the machine remains active at a low level to quickly resume without starting from scratch. Sleep is suggested for temporary pauses in machine usage. Hibernate, on the other hand, is akin to a deep sleep, with higher energy savings than Sleep. Therefore, when not using the machine for a considerable time or aiming to optimize battery life, this mode should be chosen.
Regular Battery Care
Avoid letting the battery drain to 0% before charging as it can quickly damage the battery. The advice given is to charge when the battery level is around 20 to 30%. When the computer displays incorrect battery capacity or unexpectedly shuts down when the battery level is below 10%, recalibration is necessary. First, after the battery reaches 100%, continue charging for 2 hours or more to stabilize the machine and reduce heat. Then, set the machine to enter Hibernate mode at 5% battery or higher (you can choose the level where the machine is typically shut down abruptly but not below 5%). After that, use the computer normally continuously until the machine enters hibernation. Leave the machine in this state for 5 hours or more. When the time is up, continue charging the machine to 100% battery (you can use the machine normally during this process).
Hardware Upgrades
Upgrading RAM or replacing HDD with SSD will help the machine operate more efficiently, process tasks faster, thereby optimizing laptop power usage. Moreover, SSDs consume less power than HDDs, emit less heat, and are not prone to fragmentation...
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