How to maximize your laptop battery
Nowadays laptop is getting popular. With less than RM2000 we can get a branded celeron m/c, even is not so powerful but its enough for office purpose and surf net.
Even how expensive the laptop can be…. There still having same problem… Short battery usage time and lifetime. Normally a 6 cell battery only can last around 2 hours… This is not including multitasking… Some more normaly life span for the battery is just around 2 years.
I came across FriedBeef blog regarding the top 15 ways of extend your laptop battery life. Is quite a good guide. Other than that, i think below few points also quite good in extending battery life.
1. If your laptop is capable of running without a battery and fixed power( AC ) is used most of the time, remove the battery and store it in a cool place.
2. Do not keep or store the battery at a hot place, such as inside a hot car.
3. Use your laptop’s power management features. The system will run at lower processor speeds when enabling power management features and it will go into “sleep” mode faster when inactive.
4. Always use the original adapter to charge your battery. Take note of the Watts power. Some higher power adapter might damage the battery or reduce its life span.
5. Lower down your LCD brightness or contrast, it can save power and extend usage time.
Battery is one of the often breakdown consumable in laptop after hardisk. Moreover it cost more than a hardisk… Therefore, do take care of it. If not it will become like below:
