We have all been in situations
where you are doing something urgent in your laptop, while you are on
the go or in your office or classroom; you find your battery is almost
dead. And if you do not have your charger with you or there is no power
outlet, the situation gets worse. Don’t worry; there are tips so that
you can finish your work just before the battery completely dries out.
- Battery Saver mode
When your laptop gives you the
low battery warning, immediately turn on the Battery Saver mode. This
mode will automatically make some changes so that the load on the
battery is reduced and you will get a little extra time with your
laptop. But this is just the beginning and you can take more measures so
that your battery can keep going.
- Unused devices and Ports
All the components in a laptop
require power to work. But you do not need them to function all the
time. So you can save power by disabling the ones that are currently in
need (do not disable the basic components required to keep the laptop
running).
To disable unused devices in
Windows, open up Device Manager from Control Panel. For saving power you
can disable graphics card (under Display Adapters), your CD or DVD
drives and also network adaptors. Just right-click the device you want
to disable and select Disable. You can also disable unused ports.
- Apps and Processes
You have been mistaken if you
think that hardware is the only thing that’s eating up your battery. So
avoid running multiple apps at once. You can also kill processes that
are not of use with the help of Task Manager.
For Mac users, open the Activity
Monitor utility. You can see a list of all the programs and processes
that are now open, and which of these are using the most power. You can
stop the processes that you don’t want by selecting the program and then
clicking the Stop icon.
- Backlight Settings
Turn off keyboard backlight to
give more time for your battery. You don’t the keyboard backlight unless
you are in the dark. So just turn it off. Decreasing the brightness of
the screen is another solution. You won’t need the brightness to be at
100% always. Turning down volume is another method for saving battery
life. Turning it off completely will be best and if you need volume,
turn it down or use earphones.
- De-fragment Drives
Defragmenting a drive makes it
easier for you laptop to access data from your hard drive. If the data
is cluttered, it will take more time to use data. So defragment your
drive frequently (do not defragment a solid-state drive as its lifetime
will be reduced).
Follow the simple tips so that you can get more out of your battery at tough situations like mentioned in the beginning.
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