A little additional care can help you increase your laptop Battery capacity and also its life span. Today I list here ten healthy practices that may help you achieve optimum performance from your battery.
1. Wireless Radios
We all know how wireless activities drain our device’s battery. They consume significant power even when not in use but left ON. So when on battery power, it’s advisable to turn off wi-fi and bluetooth services.
2. Dimming the screen
We should reduce the screen brightness to the lowest comfortable level in order to gain some extra Battery Life.
3. Peripherals
USB devices and other external peripherals should be shut and removed if not in use. For instance, charging an iPod while on battery, unless very essential, is a bad idea. The same goes for removing any CD or DVD when not in use.
4. Extra RAM
Whenever our system runs out of RAM memory it uses virtual memory resulting in hard disk use, which is relatively a less efficient option in terms of power consumption. However, it goes without saying that additional ram does consume energy too so this advice suits best those users who often find themselves in need of extensive virtual memory.
5. Background Apps
It’s a good idea to shut down background programs to reduce CPU usage, say for instance desktop search applications.
6. Energy-saver options
Optimize your power options to get maximum battery juice. The notebook should try to shut down the hard disk and put the display to sleep whenever idle.
7. Battery Cycle
For a healthy lithium based battery, its advisable to keep the electrons in motion occasionally. It’s not absolutely healthy to keep it plugged in all the time. Ideally, one should let it discharge fully at least once a month to keep the battery juice flowing.
8. No multitasking
When on battery power, say in a flight, use one application at a time. Ideally shut the email app once you’re done with it and then turn on the word processor.
9. Defrag frequently
A defragmented disk puts lesser strain on the battery and hard disk, so make your disk drive as efficient as you can by performing defragmentation regularly, say once every month.
10. Hibernate
Hibernating is a healthier option compared to standby when running on battery. Hibernating retains your system state as you last left it. So it’s more energy efficient than even shutting down the computer and booting it all over again.
Can you think of any other tip which will save Laptop Battery Life and also help us to increase the laptop battery life?
