Selasa, 05 Juni 2012

LAPTOP BATTERY BASICS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR BATTERY

If you are a frequent traveler, you will need a laptop with a good battery life. Follow these simple tips to extend the battery life.

Take care of your battery so that it will work properly when you need it the most. Keep the battery clean.

Smaller Is Better
Small laptops consume less power because they have smaller displays. Similarly hard drives running at 4200rpm use less power than a hard drive running at 5400 rpm. So if extended battery life is your concern, consider an ultraportable or thin and light laptop.

Adjust the power settings
Adjust your laptop settings so that it uses as little power as possible. Set adjustments so that the laptop will go inactive after a specified amount of time. You can also reduce the display brightness to lessen the power consumption.

Charge your battery
Whenever you have access to a power outlet, charge the battery. Fully charge the batteries before you go on a trip.

Get Another Battery
You can use two batteries on some laptops. If you can’t check to see if high capacity batteries are available. With some laptops you can also use external batteries.

Drain the Battery
Let the battery be fully discharged the first time you use the laptop with battery power. Don’t recharge the battery when it is half discharged.

Turn It Off
Close programs that you aren’t using. Remove PC cards and turn off Wi-Fi software. And as far as possible avoid watching movies or playing games when you run the laptop on battery power.

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