How to Maximize HP Pavilion dm1-1001tu dm1-1002tu Accu Life
maandag 30 juni 2014
How to Maximize HP Pavilion dm1-1001tu dm1-1002tu Accu Life
How to Maximize HP Pavilion dm1-1001tu dm1-1002tu Accu Life
Hoe begin ik met een nieuwe HP Mini 311c-1100 311c-1101SA Accu
Nieuwe Li-ion worden vandaag de dag veel gebruikt in batterijen, laptop computers, in tegenstelling tot andere soorten batterijen (NiMH, Ni-Cd) zijn niet bekend. "Memory-effect". Opmaken, ook bekend als vormen, wat betekent dat het proces verschillende keren om volledig laden en kwijting van de nieuwe batterij vermoedelijk niet de capaciteit of de uitlijning van de cellen te verhogen. Het is volledig vereist voor iets anders. Maar meer daarover in een moment.
We moeten eerst onderscheid te maken tussen een eenvoudig concept, voordat uitweiden over het vorige onderwerp. Zoals Li-Ion batterij gemiddelde in één behuizing eenheid gesloten cell Li-Ion batterij en een elektronische controle systeem bootproces. Het is essentieel om te controleren het laadproces. Li-Ion-batterijen zijn zeer veeleisende qua precisie van hun lading en temperaturen. Ook diep kwijting of overladen kan onherroepelijk beschadigen. Het is een elektronisch systeem zorgt ervoor dat de cel spanning niet onder de 2.4V, waartegen vallen de oxidatie van één van de elektroden en de vernietiging van de cel.
De dezelfde elektronica zijn niet toegestaan om over-charge cellen, afsnijden van kracht als het een waarde van 4.3V bereikt. En in dit geval mogelijk schade of zelfs explosie van cellen. Natuurlijk, het heffingenstelsel proces controle gebruikt geen deze limieten. Zijn werk is niet alleen te verkrijgen van de hoogste capaciteit cellen, maar ook de langste mogelijk levensduur van batterij geoptimaliseerd. Eencellige spanningen zijn respectievelijk 3.0V te 4.2V en geloosd cellen te betalen. Voortbouwend op het vorige onderwerp, uitleggen we wat nodig is om te laden en kwijting voor normale werking.
De naam "format" moet vervangen door de term "kalibratie" van de batterij. Het formatteringsproces is het vergroten van de activiteit van de cel, die afwezig is in het geval van Li-Ion accu. Voor deze kalibratie is proces aan de elektronica gelegen in de batterij voor een goede werking van de cel. Elektronische systeem voor het toezicht op cellen moet worden opgeslagen in het geheugen op basis van hun macht, wanneer kan ik beginnen met het proces van het laden en ontladen hen wanneer te stoppen.
Gebrek aan kalibratie van een nieuwe batterij in de computer zou kunnen veroorzaken onderbesteding capaciteit van cellen en dus het verkorten van de tijd van uw notitieblok. Symptoom van verkeerde kalibratie kan ook worden verschillende – niet in overeenstemming met de werkelijkheid, de meter lezing van energie in onze besturingssysteem.Deze situatie kan ook optreden als de batterij al in dienst. Ongelijke en intermitterende werk op de batterij kan ook "tune" de elektronica en produceren het effect van een verminderde capaciteit. Het kalibratieproces herhalende kunt herstellen of ten minste de eigenschappen van de macht te verbeteren.
Natuurlijk, betekent dit niet dat, na kalibratie van elke batterij volledig verloren functies zal herstellen. Li-ion cellen gemaakt als elke andere technologie, hebben een aantal gratis cycli bij die behouden hun eigenschappen. Voor Li-Ion, dit komt neer op ongeveer 200 volledige cycli. Dan, de cellen geleidelijk vernederende zoals manifesteert zich door een daling in hun capaciteit wordt meer merkbaar.
10 Tips to Extend Your HP Mini 311c-1150SL 311c-1150SS Accu Life
10 Tips to Extend Your HP Mini 311c-1150SL 311c-1150SS Accu Life
1. Turn Off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
Disabling your notebook's wireless radios is one surefire way to eke out more juice. While turning off Wi-Fi may not be practical in every situation—especially if you need to access the Internet often—it will give you more endurance if you're using your laptop to watch a movie on an airplane.
To turn Bluetooth off:
- Click the Bluetooth icon in the upper right-hand corner of the desktop.
- Select Turn Bluetooth Off. The icon should now be grayed out.
Alternatively:
- Select System Preferences > Bluetooth.
- Uncheck the box marked On.
To turn Wi-Fi off:
- Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the upper right-hand corner of the desktop.
- Select Turn Wi-Fi Off. The icon should change from a number of concentric arcs to an outline that looks like a baseball diamond.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences > Network.
- Uncheck the box marked Turn Wi-Fi Off.
2. Adjust Screen Brightness.
At full brightness, the 13-inch MacBook Air's screen measures an average of 285 lux. At 40-percent brightness (6 bars), it's just 29 lux, but still very viewable. And brightness eats power.
To lower screen brightness:
- Tap F1 repeatedly until the brightness is at a level just tolerable enough to view comfortably.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences > Displays.
- Adjust the Brightness slider to the level you're most comfortable with.
3. Tweak Energy Saver preferences.
Changing these settings will cause your Mac to power down energy-consuming components—such as the screen and the hard drive—sooner during periods of inactivity.
- Click System Preferences.
- Open Energy Saver.
- Select the Battery tab.
- Move the slider bars for Computer Sleep and Display Sleep as far left as you believe is comfortable. You probably don't want your computer going to sleep after just one minute but don't want to leave it on indefinitely either.
- Below, select the following checkboxes:
- Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible.
- Slightly dim the display when using this power source.
- Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep.
4. Quit runaway applications.
Occasionally, an app will consume an inordinate amount of system resources even when not in use. Not only does this impact your notebook's performance, but it also seriously degradesbattery life.
- Open the Applications folder > Utilities folder.
- Click Activity Monitor.
- Select the CPU tab.
- Select All Processes in the drop-down menu.
- Sort the apps by CPU percentage.
- Look for any app that is consuming a large percentage, such as more than 70 percent.
- Select that app and press the Quit Process icon.
Alternatively, if you know an app is hanging, you can force-quit the app.
- Press Command + Option + Esc.
- In the window that appears, select the app that's not responding and force-quit.
5. Turn off backlit keyboard.
While it's a great feature, the backlit keyboard on Macs can shave precious minutes off your runtime.
To turn off the backlit keyboard:
- Hit the F5 key repeatedly until the on-screen icon shows no bars lit.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences.
- Select Keyboard.
- Uncheck the box marked "Automatically illuminate keyboard in low light."
- Underneath where it says "Turn off when computer is not used for," move the slider to 5 secs.
zaterdag 28 juni 2014
Test uw laptop ECS J10IL3 J10-3S2200-S1B1 Accu
Hoe te verbeteren uw ECS J10IL3 J10-3S2200-S1B1 Accu , goede Tips
Maximaliseren van de levensduur van de Advent 4214 4490 One A570 J10-3S4400-G1B1 Accu op Laptops en Notebooks
Maximaliseren van de levensduur van de Advent 4214 4490 One A570 J10-3S4400-G1B1 Accu op Laptops en Notebooks
vrijdag 27 juni 2014
20 Ways To Increase One mini A570 J10-3S2200-G1B1 Accu Life
20 Ways To Increase One mini A570 J10-3S2200-G1B1 Accu Life
1. Ship shape with a defrag
Regular defragmentation helps to arrange data more efficiently thus making the hard drive work less to access the data. The quicker the moving hard drive works lesser is the load placed on the battery. Thus, your batter can last longer. The effect is minimal, but this efficiency goes hand in glove with hard drive maintenance.
2. Kill the resource gobblers
End the background processes that are not vital. Monitor the resource usage through a "˜Ctrl-Alt-Del' which brings up the Windows Task Manager (in Windows). If you're not on the internet, it is safe to shut down the immediate non-essential programs running in the taskbar like the antivirus and the firewall. Weed out unnecessary programs running as start-ups by launching the System Configuration Utility from Run "" Msconfig "" Tab: Startup. Uncheck the programs which you don't want to launch and reboot the computer once.
It may be a defrag or a virus scan, but make sure it is scheduled for a time when you are near a power outlet. If not then nix them for the moment.
4. Unplug external devices
USB devices are the biggest drainers of battery power. Unplug all external devices like an external mouse, PC cards, Wi-Fi, external speakers, Bluetooth and even an attached iPod.
5. Empty the CD/DVD Drives
Even if you don't intend to use it, don't leave any CD/DVDs as leftovers in the drives. A spinning drive sucks battery power like a sponge.
6. Go local
Desist using the DVD/external drives while running on batteries. Shift the content to the hard drive or run using (free) virtual drives like Pismo File Mount or even Microsoft's Virtual CD ROM Control Panel.
7. Lower the lights
The LCD screen of a laptop is another huge power sink. Calibrate the brightness to the lowest level you can tolerate using the Function key toggles or using the Display Settings applet in the Control Panel.
8. Kill the sounds
Mute the speakers and try avoiding the use of multimedia software to maximize the battery life. Installed sound schemes also drain a battery perceptibly.
9. Rid the screensaver
To maximize battery life by a little, switch off the screensaver.
10. Visit Power Options
Get familiar with power management through the "˜Power Options' applet in the Control Panel. Both XP and Vista come with advanced power management features which shut off components like the monitor and/or the hard drive after specified intervals. This again depends on the chosen "˜Power Schemes' (for XP) in the same applet. For instance in XP, "˜Max Battery' under Power Schemes can be selected for maximum battery optimization.
Similar settings can be found under "˜Mobile PC' in the Control Panel of Vista.
11. Turn off the looks
Today's OS's like Windows Vista come with features like "˜Aero Glass' which are resource guzzlers. One can turn it off and go for the "˜Classic' appearance which consumes less power. In Vista, click on Desktop – Preferences – View Colour – Appearance – Classic Appearance and Windows Basic graphical interface. In XP it's – Display Properties – Theme – Windows Classic.
Linux and even Macintosh are better optimized for longer battery life.
12. Hibernate is better than Sleep
In the Stand By mode (or sleep mode), the computer turns of the hard drive and the display but memory remains active while the CPU slows down. This draws on the battery. In contrast, hibernation mode is better because the computer saves the current state and shuts itself down completely thus saving power.
13. Get the most…work on the least
Working on too many programs while on the battery is a sure fire power drainer. Keep use of graphic intensive applications to a minimum. Working on a spreadsheet consumes much less than playing your favourite game. To increase the life of the battery open just one or two programs concurrently.
14. Ram in more RAM
Adequate RAM reduces the load on Virtual memory which by default resides on the hard drive. Though every extra bit of RAM uses up more power, it increases overall savings by short cutting access to the power hungry hard drive.
15. Keep it clean
A laptop with blocked air vents will generate more heat thus reducing the life of the battery. Clean the air vents regularly to keep operating temperatures low. Allow for open space around the vents for air to circulate freely. Keep the area around the laptop clean to avoid entry of dust.
16. Temperature is a silent killer
Undue heat kills off a battery slowly but surely. Avoid leaving the laptop under direct sunlight or inside a closed car.
17. Avoid the memory effect
A problem more for the older Ni-MH batteries than for Li-Ion batteries on which most modern laptops run. Memory effect relates to the loss of battery charge when they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. It can be prevented by discharging the battery fully and then completely recharging it. Li-Ion batteries on the other hand have no problems with partial discharges and re-charges and complete discharge is never recommended for this type.
18. Update software and drivers
This sounds a bit incongruous but then newer drivers and software are often designed to be more efficient (and hopefully less resource hungry).
19. Use the right adapter
Ensure that the adapter you use to charge the laptop battery is an original one or one with the correct specifications. A mismatch in the wattage could cause an overload thus damaging the laptop and the battery.
20. Pack it up
If you don't plan to use the laptop on batteries for quite some time, ensure that the charge is nearly 40 percent – remove the batteries and store it in a cool place.
A typical lithium ion battery has an overall average life of 2-3 years. With some care and caution, its mortality can be delayed.
Have you found your own way to increase battery life of your laptop? Share the "˜life giving' tips with us in the comments.
How to Maximize J10-3S4400-G1B1 J10-3S4400-S1B1 Accu Life
Hoe begin ik met een nieuwe One mini A570 Accu
Nieuwe Li-ion worden vandaag de dag veel gebruikt in batterijen, laptop computers, in tegenstelling tot andere soorten batterijen (NiMH, Ni-Cd) zijn niet bekend. "Memory-effect". Opmaken, ook bekend als vormen, wat betekent dat het proces verschillende keren om volledig laden en kwijting van de nieuwe batterij vermoedelijk niet de capaciteit of de uitlijning van de cellen te verhogen. Het is volledig vereist voor iets anders. Maar meer daarover in een moment.
We moeten eerst onderscheid te maken tussen een eenvoudig concept, voordat uitweiden over het vorige onderwerp. Zoals Li-Ion batterij gemiddelde in één behuizing eenheid gesloten cell Li-Ion batterij en een elektronische controle systeem bootproces. Het is essentieel om te controleren het laadproces. Li-Ion-batterijen zijn zeer veeleisende qua precisie van hun lading en temperaturen. Ook diep kwijting of overladen kan onherroepelijk beschadigen. Het is een elektronisch systeem zorgt ervoor dat de cel spanning niet onder de 2.4V, waartegen vallen de oxidatie van één van de elektroden en de vernietiging van de cel.
De dezelfde elektronica zijn niet toegestaan om over-charge cellen, afsnijden van kracht als het een waarde van 4.3V bereikt. En in dit geval mogelijk schade of zelfs explosie van cellen. Natuurlijk, het heffingenstelsel proces controle gebruikt geen deze limieten. Zijn werk is niet alleen te verkrijgen van de hoogste capaciteit cellen, maar ook de langste mogelijk levensduur van batterij geoptimaliseerd. Eencellige spanningen zijn respectievelijk 3.0V te 4.2V en geloosd cellen te betalen. Voortbouwend op het vorige onderwerp, uitleggen we wat nodig is om te laden en kwijting voor normale werking.
De naam "format" moet vervangen door de term "kalibratie" van de batterij. Het formatteringsproces is het vergroten van de activiteit van de cel, die afwezig is in het geval van Li-Ion accu. Voor deze kalibratie is proces aan de elektronica gelegen in de batterij voor een goede werking van de cel. Elektronische systeem voor het toezicht op cellen moet worden opgeslagen in het geheugen op basis van hun macht, wanneer kan ik beginnen met het proces van het laden en ontladen hen wanneer te stoppen.
Gebrek aan kalibratie van een nieuwe batterij in de computer zou kunnen veroorzaken onderbesteding capaciteit van cellen en dus het verkorten van de tijd van uw notitieblok. Symptoom van verkeerde kalibratie kan ook worden verschillende – niet in overeenstemming met de werkelijkheid, de meter lezing van energie in onze besturingssysteem.Deze situatie kan ook optreden als de batterij al in dienst. Ongelijke en intermitterende werk op de batterij kan ook "tune" de elektronica en produceren het effect van een verminderde capaciteit. Het kalibratieproces herhalende kunt herstellen of ten minste de eigenschappen van de macht te verbeteren.
Natuurlijk, betekent dit niet dat, na kalibratie van elke batterij volledig verloren functies zal herstellen. Li-ion cellen gemaakt als elke andere technologie, hebben een aantal gratis cycli bij die behouden hun eigenschappen. Voor Li-Ion, dit komt neer op ongeveer 200 volledige cycli. Dan, de cellen geleidelijk vernederende zoals manifesteert zich door een daling in hun capaciteit wordt meer merkbaar.
10 Tips to Extend Your HASEE Q130 Q130R Q130W Q130C Q130B Q130X Accu Life
10 Tips to Extend Your HASEE Q130 Q130R Q130W Q130C Q130B Q130X Accu Life
1. Turn Off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
Disabling your notebook's wireless radios is one surefire way to eke out more juice. While turning off Wi-Fi may not be practical in every situation—especially if you need to access the Internet often—it will give you more endurance if you're using your laptop to watch a movie on an airplane.
To turn Bluetooth off:
- Click the Bluetooth icon in the upper right-hand corner of the desktop.
- Select Turn Bluetooth Off. The icon should now be grayed out.
Alternatively:
- Select System Preferences > Bluetooth.
- Uncheck the box marked On.
To turn Wi-Fi off:
- Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the upper right-hand corner of the desktop.
- Select Turn Wi-Fi Off. The icon should change from a number of concentric arcs to an outline that looks like a baseball diamond.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences > Network.
- Uncheck the box marked Turn Wi-Fi Off.
2. Adjust Screen Brightness.
At full brightness, the 13-inch MacBook Air's screen measures an average of 285 lux. At 40-percent brightness (6 bars), it's just 29 lux, but still very viewable. And brightness eats power.
To lower screen brightness:
- Tap F1 repeatedly until the brightness is at a level just tolerable enough to view comfortably.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences > Displays.
- Adjust the Brightness slider to the level you're most comfortable with.
3. Tweak Energy Saver preferences.
Changing these settings will cause your Mac to power down energy-consuming components—such as the screen and the hard drive—sooner during periods of inactivity.
- Click System Preferences.
- Open Energy Saver.
- Select the Battery tab.
- Move the slider bars for Computer Sleep and Display Sleep as far left as you believe is comfortable. You probably don't want your computer going to sleep after just one minute but don't want to leave it on indefinitely either.
- Below, select the following checkboxes:
- Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible.
- Slightly dim the display when using this power source.
- Automatically reduce brightness before display goes to sleep.
4. Quit runaway applications.
Occasionally, an app will consume an inordinate amount of system resources even when not in use. Not only does this impact your notebook's performance, but it also seriously degradesbattery life.
- Open the Applications folder > Utilities folder.
- Click Activity Monitor.
- Select the CPU tab.
- Select All Processes in the drop-down menu.
- Sort the apps by CPU percentage.
- Look for any app that is consuming a large percentage, such as more than 70 percent.
- Select that app and press the Quit Process icon.
Alternatively, if you know an app is hanging, you can force-quit the app.
- Press Command + Option + Esc.
- In the window that appears, select the app that's not responding and force-quit.
5. Turn off backlit keyboard.
While it's a great feature, the backlit keyboard on Macs can shave precious minutes off your runtime.
To turn off the backlit keyboard:
- Hit the F5 key repeatedly until the on-screen icon shows no bars lit.
Alternatively:
- Open System Preferences.
- Select Keyboard.
- Uncheck the box marked "Automatically illuminate keyboard in low light."
- Underneath where it says "Turn off when computer is not used for," move the slider to 5 secs.
donderdag 26 juni 2014
How do I improve the battery life of my Dell Inspiron N5030 N5030D N5030R Accu under Ubuntu
This laptop gets 4-5 hours of battery life using Windows (e.g. here). I've removed Windows, installed Ubuntu 12.04 and the initial battery life was only 2 hours. With some tweaks (described below) it's still only ~2.5 hours.
For reference, the laptop is the latest model of the 14z:
- i5-3337U processor
- 32GB MSATA, 500GB HDD (5400rpm)
- AMD Radeon HD7570M graphics card
I have put ext4 partitions on both the SSD and the HDD, and have mounted / to the SSD and /home to the HDD. I also put a 24gb linux swap partition at the start of the HDD, though I figure this won't be used all that much (the laptop has 8gb of RAM).
After googling around and reading Ask Ubuntu and other sites extensively, I have done the following steps, and they have improved the battery life ~30 minutes (exact improvement not clear, but battery life is still nowhere near 4-5 hours).
- Installed Jupiter (and set Performance to "Power Saving")
- Installed laptop-mode-tools
cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_modenow outputs 5 (previously it output 0)- But it's not clear that this will help: AskUbuntu question
- Turned down the brightness of my screen from full to 1/3
Other things I have heard about but have not tried for fear of frying the laptop or my linux install:
- Add "pcie_aspm=force" at the end of the line with "quiet splash" in /boot/grub/grub.cfg
- Enable ALPM, but it may already be enabled in 12.04?
- Enable i915 framebuffer compression
- Use a propietary driver for the graphics card? Turn off the graphics card? (what would happen if I relied on the internal Intel bridge?)
- Use TLP?
- Spin down the HDD more aggressively (howto, but I think laptop-mode-tools does this already)
The only other thing I've noticed is that plastic just above the F5, F6 and F7 keys gets really hot. According to Jupiter my CPU temperature is only 69 celsius and the System Monitor shows CPU load at 7% so I don't think it's the CPU. Maybe it's the graphics card?
Also, I've set up MongoDB and LAMP on the machine as well. When I run powertop MongoDB is high in the list, but I'm not sure if that's relevant to battery life because I'm not actually doinganything with MongoDB most of the time.
Maximaliseren van de levensduur van de Dell Inspiron 14R (4010-D330) 14R (4010-D370HK) Accu op Laptops en Notebooks
20 Ways To Increase Dell Inspiron 13R 14R 15R 17R M501R M5030 N5020 N5030 M4040 J1KND YXVK2 Accu Life
20 Ways To Increase Dell Inspiron 13R 14R 15R 17R M501R M5030 N5020 N5030 M4040 J1KND YXVK2 Accu Life
1. Ship shape with a defrag
Regular defragmentation helps to arrange data more efficiently thus making the hard drive work less to access the data. The quicker the moving hard drive works lesser is the load placed on the battery. Thus, your batter can last longer. The effect is minimal, but this efficiency goes hand in glove with hard drive maintenance.
2. Kill the resource gobblers
End the background processes that are not vital. Monitor the resource usage through a "˜Ctrl-Alt-Del' which brings up the Windows Task Manager (in Windows). If you're not on the internet, it is safe to shut down the immediate non-essential programs running in the taskbar like the antivirus and the firewall. Weed out unnecessary programs running as start-ups by launching the System Configuration Utility from Run "" Msconfig "" Tab: Startup. Uncheck the programs which you don't want to launch and reboot the computer once.
It may be a defrag or a virus scan, but make sure it is scheduled for a time when you are near a power outlet. If not then nix them for the moment.
4. Unplug external devices
USB devices are the biggest drainers of battery power. Unplug all external devices like an external mouse, PC cards, Wi-Fi, external speakers, Bluetooth and even an attached iPod.
5. Empty the CD/DVD Drives
Even if you don't intend to use it, don't leave any CD/DVDs as leftovers in the drives. A spinning drive sucks battery power like a sponge.
6. Go local
Desist using the DVD/external drives while running on batteries. Shift the content to the hard drive or run using (free) virtual drives like Pismo File Mount or even Microsoft's Virtual CD ROM Control Panel.
7. Lower the lights
The LCD screen of a laptop is another huge power sink. Calibrate the brightness to the lowest level you can tolerate using the Function key toggles or using the Display Settings applet in the Control Panel.
8. Kill the sounds
Mute the speakers and try avoiding the use of multimedia software to maximize the battery life. Installed sound schemes also drain a battery perceptibly.
9. Rid the screensaver
To maximize battery life by a little, switch off the screensaver.
10. Visit Power Options
Get familiar with power management through the "˜Power Options' applet in the Control Panel. Both XP and Vista come with advanced power management features which shut off components like the monitor and/or the hard drive after specified intervals. This again depends on the chosen "˜Power Schemes' (for XP) in the same applet. For instance in XP, "˜Max Battery' under Power Schemes can be selected for maximum battery optimization.
Similar settings can be found under "˜Mobile PC' in the Control Panel of Vista.
11. Turn off the looks
Today's OS's like Windows Vista come with features like "˜Aero Glass' which are resource guzzlers. One can turn it off and go for the "˜Classic' appearance which consumes less power. In Vista, click on Desktop – Preferences – View Colour – Appearance – Classic Appearance and Windows Basic graphical interface. In XP it's – Display Properties – Theme – Windows Classic.
Linux and even Macintosh are better optimized for longer battery life.
12. Hibernate is better than Sleep
In the Stand By mode (or sleep mode), the computer turns of the hard drive and the display but memory remains active while the CPU slows down. This draws on the battery. In contrast, hibernation mode is better because the computer saves the current state and shuts itself down completely thus saving power.
13. Get the most…work on the least
Working on too many programs while on the battery is a sure fire power drainer. Keep use of graphic intensive applications to a minimum. Working on a spreadsheet consumes much less than playing your favourite game. To increase the life of the battery open just one or two programs concurrently.
14. Ram in more RAM
Adequate RAM reduces the load on Virtual memory which by default resides on the hard drive. Though every extra bit of RAM uses up more power, it increases overall savings by short cutting access to the power hungry hard drive.
15. Keep it clean
A laptop with blocked air vents will generate more heat thus reducing the life of the battery. Clean the air vents regularly to keep operating temperatures low. Allow for open space around the vents for air to circulate freely. Keep the area around the laptop clean to avoid entry of dust.
16. Temperature is a silent killer
Undue heat kills off a battery slowly but surely. Avoid leaving the laptop under direct sunlight or inside a closed car.
17. Avoid the memory effect
A problem more for the older Ni-MH batteries than for Li-Ion batteries on which most modern laptops run. Memory effect relates to the loss of battery charge when they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. It can be prevented by discharging the battery fully and then completely recharging it. Li-Ion batteries on the other hand have no problems with partial discharges and re-charges and complete discharge is never recommended for this type.
18. Update software and drivers
This sounds a bit incongruous but then newer drivers and software are often designed to be more efficient (and hopefully less resource hungry).
19. Use the right adapter
Ensure that the adapter you use to charge the laptop battery is an original one or one with the correct specifications. A mismatch in the wattage could cause an overload thus damaging the laptop and the battery.
20. Pack it up
If you don't plan to use the laptop on batteries for quite some time, ensure that the charge is nearly 40 percent – remove the batteries and store it in a cool place.
A typical lithium ion battery has an overall average life of 2-3 years. With some care and caution, its mortality can be delayed.
Have you found your own way to increase battery life of your laptop? Share the "˜life giving' tips with us in the comments.
woensdag 25 juni 2014
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