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Adjusting screen brightness, turning off unnecessary connections, or optimizing settings are ways to increase laptop battery life.
1. 10 Tips to Save Laptop Battery You Should Apply Now
Adjusting screen brightness, turning off unnecessary connections, or optimizing settings are ways to increase battery life for laptops.
Activate Power Saving Mode
Many laptops today come with integrated power saving modes like Eco Mode or Battery Saver. By enabling this setting, the computer is adjusted to reduce power consumption without the need for complex manual configurations. Typically, Eco Mode or Battery Saver reduces the processing speed of the machine, lowers the screen brightness...
Adjust Screen Brightness
The screen is one of the components that consume the most power on a laptop. To extend battery life per charge, users can adjust the screen brightness to a moderate level without significantly impacting the experience or causing strain on the eyes.
Laptops typically have a button to adjust brightness or can be done through the Settings/Control Panel menu.
Turn Off and Disconnect Unnecessary Connections
When not using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, you can turn off these connections to save battery. Additionally, connecting peripheral devices also drains laptop battery. Therefore, if unnecessary, you can disconnect the mouse, keyboard, USB devices, or remove CDs from the drive...
Limit Background Apps
Disable Background Apps for Better Battery Life
Clean Up and Defragment Your Hard Drive
HDDs use disks to store data, which can become fragmented over time. Cleaning up and defragmenting your hard drive can help your device read data faster and consume less energy.
In addition to the Optimize Drivers application available on the Windows operating system, users can install some third-party software designed to automatically clean up and defragment effectively. Optimizing data on HDDs can be done on a weekly or monthly basis, depending on your usage.
Avoid Overheating Your Laptop
Heat is the enemy of most types of batteries in electronic devices, and laptops are no exception. Allowing your machine to get too hot not only reduces its processing power but also drains the battery quickly. Users should keep their laptops in a cool, well-ventilated place, away from heat sources, and avoid placing them on blankets or beds... Additionally, you can use a cooling pad or prop the laptop up to help dissipate heat more quickly.
When your computer displays incorrect battery capacity and shuts down unexpectedly when the battery level is below 10%, it needs recalibration. First, after the battery reaches 100%, continue charging for two hours or more to ensure the system is fully stabilized and cooled down. Then, set the computer to enter Hibernate mode at 5% battery or higher (you may choose a threshold slightly above the point where the computer typically shuts down abruptly but not below 5%).
Subsequently, use the computer normally until it enters Sleep mode autonomously. Leave the system in this state for at least 5 hours or longer. Once enough time has elapsed, resume charging until the battery reaches 100% (you can use the computer normally during this process).
Hardware Upgrade
Upgrading RAM or replacing the HDD with an SSD will enhance the machine's performance, enabling faster task execution and optimizing power consumption. Moreover, SSDs consume less power than HDDs, generate less heat, and are not susceptible to fragmentation...
