Ten Ways to increase Laptop Battery Life
(1) Recharge your laptop computer using the power cord/adapter provided by the laptop dealer and dont use any other local cord because they can decrease the life of your battery.
(2) Buy Li-Ion based batteries because they have internal processors which controls the internal temperature to make sure the batteries dont get over heated/explode and are easy to manage.
(3) Use power management features offered by your laptop which would make the computer to run at lower processor speeds when the power is down and automatically manage the complete system.
(4) When you are using your laptop on battery make sure you set your display to lower brightness using the FN key combination. This would help you to use lower battery and get a better backup.
(2) Buy Li-Ion based batteries because they have internal processors which controls the internal temperature to make sure the batteries dont get over heated/explode and are easy to manage.
(3) Use power management features offered by your laptop which would make the computer to run at lower processor speeds when the power is down and automatically manage the complete system.
(4) When you are using your laptop on battery make sure you set your display to lower brightness using the FN key combination. This would help you to use lower battery and get a better backup.
(5) The display system takes 50% of your available battery and lower brightness would ensure you more battery life.
(6) Settings up Automatic Hibernate feature to make sure the laptop automatically saves all your running documents and applications and hibernates when you are not using the laptop for a given amount of time. A Feature which can save up your battery life when you are not using your laptop for a set specified time after which it automatically hibernates.
(6) Settings up Automatic Hibernate feature to make sure the laptop automatically saves all your running documents and applications and hibernates when you are not using the laptop for a given amount of time. A Feature which can save up your battery life when you are not using your laptop for a set specified time after which it automatically hibernates.
(7) Run low resource using applications like emails, documenting etc rather than playing games, DVD, running high resource using applications like adobe photoshop, 3Dmax, Visual Basic .net etc because when you run these kind of applications the laptop has to run on high resources and use more battery.
(8) Use low graphics mode for display ie by changing your windows display theme to the most simple/classic one. In case of Windows XP you need to go to Display Properties > Theme > Windows Classic > Apply and also disable your screensaver.
(8) Use low graphics mode for display ie by changing your windows display theme to the most simple/classic one. In case of Windows XP you need to go to Display Properties > Theme > Windows Classic > Apply and also disable your screensaver.
(9) Clean your battery regularly to make sure its contacts are clean and the battery works more effeciently, you can use a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol to clean the metal contacts.
(10) Avoid Using CD/DVD Drives while running your laptop on batteries because they drain your laptop battery heavily and would lead to lower backup time. These drives spin at high speeds and need good amount of power to complete their process .
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