How to Increase the Battery Life of your Laptop
Just recently I’ve given 3 good reason why you should choose a laptop over a desktop. I also state that one of the biggest advantage over desktop is the ability to save energy but how can you save energy if your laptop remains a slave to your wall outlet because it cannot last longer than an hour? here are several means to make your laptops’ battery last longer.
1. Darken your screen
Your laptop screen is found to be the most power-hungry component of your laptop. Your laptop screen needs high amount of battery power to maintain it’s clear and luminous display. To preserve this power you can adjust it’s brightness to a low level.
2. Modify power settings
Windows Vista powered laptop comes with several outstanding power features. It can help you get the most proficient performance when your laptop is plugged and optimize it’s life when it’s on the move.
3. Turn off Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is among the greatest battery power eater. It weakens your laptop’s battery from perpetually absorbing power from the battery even if your not online. If you are using your laptop outside from the wireless network it is more advisable to just turn off your Wi-Fi to save some power. If your laptop doesn’t have a function button to switch on or off your wireless adapter you can just go to control panel, access the Network Connections and disable it from there.
4. Switch off peripheral devices
USB sticks, mouse and webcams are the primary offenders in sucking out your batteries life. Utilizing USB devices also contributes in draining your laptop’s power, disconnecting it when not in use, ejecting your devices as soon as possible and switching off your laptop’s inbuilt webcam can help conserve your laptop’s precious power.
5. Eject your disc drives
Having a disc spinning around in the drive also drains your resources. Just kick out your discs from the drive before you switch to battery power to acquire additional minutes from your work day.
6. Invest in some computer hardware
Usually laptops come with a six cell-battery, but a lot of makers today already provides eight or even 12-cell elective upgrades, which will definitely double your power. If you can afford it then why not invest more, in the long run you will be surprise on how much energy and money you save just by investing on the right piece.
7. Disable features
Windows Vista has got new features, but most of them proves to be needless by a ordinary user or even to some expert users. One good example is the Windows Aero, switching it off not only it will help you save a small amount of power but it will also make your laptop more proficient.
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Yes i already read your earlier post for choosing laptop over desktop and i was so impress that i decided to buy new laptop and now i read this article for increasing battery life of your laptop. Thanks for sharing useful 7 points.
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Great tips. I bought a new laptop and I didn’t know there are tips to prolong the life of battery except for the usual putting off of power when not in use. I will follow these tips and probably give you my thumbs up for a job well done->informing the “nerd” out of me. LOL. My thumbs up.
somebody said to me that we have to release the battery if we plug to the electricity for a long period. Is it true?
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what do you mean by release the battery.. if you mean removing your battery it is not necessary. if you are using old models of batteries then be aware of over charging it.
Thanks for the tips! Is it bad to charge or have the charger plugged into my laptop while using it? I mean I work at home so I don’t usually disconnect the charger from my laptop unless when I just check emails then shut off. Is this bad for my battery?
I understand all that and the how nice laptops are, but I still like my desktop better than the laptop. I feel it is easier to type on so I always use my desk top over the laptop. Also the laptop gets heavy not not really worth carrying around.
Nice tips, really useful
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WOw! nice tip in here. actually i was looking some tips on the net on how to increase the battery life of my laptop.
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Nice tip! But I don’t think so. I try these tips on my laptop……
Thanks for the tips….
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Love the tips, I will have to start using them. Some like dimming I do but i will try the others. Great tips.
Oh great tip for saving laptop battery life. I’ve surfed in many online places for a good tips on battery life. Finally found it here.
Thanks! i am also a laptop user and i always losses my battery when i am in journey. These tips will surely help me to save my battery and work properly.
Thanks!
nice tips to increase your battery backup of laptop.really useful for every one who use laptop mostly..thanks to sharing it…be cool..
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Thanks for sharing the useful points. Really great. we have to release the battery if we plug to the electricity for a long period.
thanks dear for telling such important steps to save our battery of laptop. actually i have a laptop. and i always suffer due to battery consumption. i knew some of these previously. but this is a new knowledge for me that wi-fi also consume battery. i always put my wi-fi on but from now i’ll keep remember. thanks once again……….
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Its an interesting way to save the battery of your laptop and take as much work as you can.good idea .i must also follow these important tips.
well this a good post. i am already doing most of the tips but i think i must change my laptop bat now
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Hi PCRemix,
These were very useful tips. I agree that by using these very simple tips you can further extend your battery life by 30 min
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The one of the important factor we always remains under consideration is the lifetime of the battery means for how many time a single battery remains charged to process the laptop.
hi pc remix. thnx for sharing such great tips. I am really looking forward to see more battery life for my laptop now.
to increase the lifetime of a laptop means to increase the lifetime of its battery.nice post to provide the information regarding the concept of lifetime of the laptop.
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The life of a battery and the laptop is totally dependent on each other.To increase the lifetime of a laptop means exactly to increase the power of the battery.
battery of a laptop is just like a heart in a human being.so it is very important that it will work in a proper way.
Hey it is really a cool idea. Take care. And thanks.
I have a laptop but the battery doesn’t last long unfortunately. It lasts approximately 30 minutes, which is why I normally just leave it plugged in all the time.
Thanks for these helpful tips though
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I really like the information which is available on this website , it is helpful information regarding for the laptops.
It depends on the specification and the feature of the laptops which is provide in it and also on the brand which prefer.
when you are out of home and you have to work on your laptop then power is very important and we must use it in a efficient way. these tips will really help me to improve the performance of the laptop. thanks!
Or just buy an extra battery, and keep it charged for emergencies. I happen to like to use my wi-fi and I like the brightness of my screen, so I just don’t like the sacrifices I’d have to make just to save a few minutes of battery life. Like I said, just get an extra battery.
thanks for sharing the great tips for us…….
my opinion is when your laptop battery is finished so u will buying another batter its advantage for u because one finished try to put in second battery its advantage for you.yours time is don’t waste you will do another work carry on………….
thanks a lot
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I was facing a lot of trouble in this regards thank you very much for this useful information
Wow! nice info i m going to purchase a lappi for Dolly
you have shared some great tips but then obviously the performance differs from laptop to laptop but then if care is taken based on guidelines given by you it will really be very helpful in many ways and one can really go on to achieve an enhanced performance
Keeping a stack of extra batteries to furnish your requirements can also be a nice and helpful option
i think so u will buying one extra battery its extra battery help u in your previous battery down…
so then u will continue your saving work or time……….
These reasons are enough to choose a laptop over a desktop.
These are really very useful tips that can help big deal in using a laptop in an efficient manner.
Drain it completely and then with your laptop shut off, let it charge for several hours.
This will give you an idea of how much life you have left when it’s fully charged. Unfortunately there’s really not anything you can do to stop the inevitable.
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Never keep the battery empty for a long period of time like a week or so. Lithium ion batteries don’t like to be left discharged for a long period of time.
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I still think i prefer a desktop… Being a gamer a desktop is clearly the way forward … Bigger screen and much more power in my tower.
Laptop isn’t plugged in it will drain the battery (as an earlier poster said the power has to come from somewhere) but it won’t affect the battery life. In other words this one charge will be shorter but the length of the next charges will be unaffected.
This will help reset the electronics inside the battery (li-on batteries have a small circuit chip that keeps this information stored). This will “remind” the battery how much capacity it has and will prolong its life.
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i just found out this trick……
set your battery alarm action to ”stand by ”when it reaches 5% then it will stand by at that 5 %, when it stands by,unlock your laptop and continue using it.it won’t shut down or do anything after this because no action was set for below that 5%,so even when it reaches 0% you can contine using it for the whole day nomatter how bright or busy your p.c is.plus i thought that if while charging it willcharge for long but suprisingly it took like 20-30 minutes to reach 100%.
but i dont know if its bad or good for my laptop.help please.
if you know its not short, and you know that its not the power cord…hate to tell you this, but after a while from plugging and unplugging the power cord from the slot, that chip where the slot is gets worn down or somehow disconnected from the motherboard.
Depending on the power size of the battery it should run unplugged for up to 3 some hours. then the power cord needs to be plugged in to recharge the battery.
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Your battery may be malfunctioning, or there is some type of “short” in it. It is usually the adapter. They should go for about 5 years, at least mine did, it is an HP pavilion, an older version. I’d take it to a place called Central Computers, they are excellent.
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They should go for about 5 years, at least mine did, it is an HP pavilion, an older version. I’d take it to a place called Central Computers, they are excellent. They do work for most of the companies where I live in the Silicon Valley, and they are reasonable.
Another tip from my experience, when I’m using laptop at home and plan to use it for long time I just take off the battery and use direct power from the adaptor. I only plug the battery when I’m mobile or once a week if I’m not going anywhere.
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Very much valuable information
This article gives basic idea to maintain our laptops battery life
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This article will help you squeeze more power on your laptop
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your welcome, glad that I helped you
Yes you’re right there are certain laptops that are really heavy. but if you want a laptop that you can carry anywhere you go without weighing you down you should pick a laptop that small and light but also durable and fit for travelling.
No, I don’t think so. it is ok to leave your battery on your laptop while you are using it at the same time charging it.
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