Battery Power consumption of your laptop becomes important when you are running you laptop on battery and away from AC Power outlet.
There are various actions you can take to save the power usage of your Laptop.
Today's operating systems and additional programs are resource hungry and consume more power.
Remember! Any little program even running in background consume resources of CPU, consume memory and ultimately drain power from your laptops’ battery. So it is better to select and allow running only the programs that are damn necessary and you have to work on them. Here is the list of some of the steps that you can take and save power of your laptop’s battery and keep it running for longer duration.
You must categories the jobs that you have to do when the laptop is on AC power and the jobs when the Laptop is on Battery.
Reduce Laptop Screen’s Brightness
The first and most important step to save battery power. This will save much battery power and enable you to run your laptop for longer duration
Defragment Hard disk
Frequent defragmentation of hard disk makes easier for CPU to locate and access data from hard disk, Saves time and consumes less power.
It is wiser to fragment hard disk only when the laptop is running with AC power.
Stop Background Music
Stopping background Music will save battery power and makes you concentrate work to finish before the battery runs out. Also mute the speaker to disable all system notifications sounds.
Stop all Background Programs
As mentioned before, you install many programs and some of them keep running in background and consume battery.
You can see running program in the Task Bar at Bottom Left and in Task manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del. See the list of running programs in the Task Bar and close unnecessary programs.
Note:- if the program is necessary to run in background such as Anti-Virus then you may pause their scheduled Scanning of whole hard disk.
Disable Your Wireless Connections
If your are not connected to internet using Wi-fi or not using Bluetooth then disabling will certainly Save Power of Battery.
Disable Screensavers
Screensavers keeps your CPU working when you Laptop is idle so Disable it.
Keep Cool Live Longer
This trick can not only be applied to yourself but to your laptop too. Let me explain it briefly; the hotter your laptop gets, the harder the fans work and the more power is drawn from battery!
Beside the natural heat generation by a laptop, improper ventilation can also increase the temperature of the laptop. Ensure that air flow is not blocked, this often happen when use place your laptop on a blanket or soft surface. High temperature can also degrade or damage you laptop’s battery permanently.
Save battery with Windows Power Options
Go to the Power option and select the timing and power consumption upon your needs.
For Power Options in Windows XP
Click Start Button > Control Panel > Power Options
Remove all External Devices
Watch for all Externeal devices connected to you laptop and unplug them. Such as USB devices, External mouse, External speakers, etc
Remove CD/DVD from Drive
If a CD/DVD is not in use, remove them. This saves battery power and also avoid unnecessary usage of CD/DVD drive.
There are various actions you can take to save the power usage of your Laptop.
Today's operating systems and additional programs are resource hungry and consume more power.Remember! Any little program even running in background consume resources of CPU, consume memory and ultimately drain power from your laptops’ battery. So it is better to select and allow running only the programs that are damn necessary and you have to work on them. Here is the list of some of the steps that you can take and save power of your laptop’s battery and keep it running for longer duration.
You must categories the jobs that you have to do when the laptop is on AC power and the jobs when the Laptop is on Battery.
Reduce Laptop Screen’s Brightness
The first and most important step to save battery power. This will save much battery power and enable you to run your laptop for longer duration
Defragment Hard disk
Frequent defragmentation of hard disk makes easier for CPU to locate and access data from hard disk, Saves time and consumes less power.
It is wiser to fragment hard disk only when the laptop is running with AC power.
Stop Background Music
Stopping background Music will save battery power and makes you concentrate work to finish before the battery runs out. Also mute the speaker to disable all system notifications sounds.
Stop all Background ProgramsAs mentioned before, you install many programs and some of them keep running in background and consume battery.
You can see running program in the Task Bar at Bottom Left and in Task manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del. See the list of running programs in the Task Bar and close unnecessary programs.
Note:- if the program is necessary to run in background such as Anti-Virus then you may pause their scheduled Scanning of whole hard disk.
Disable Your Wireless Connections
If your are not connected to internet using Wi-fi or not using Bluetooth then disabling will certainly Save Power of Battery.
Disable Screensavers
Screensavers keeps your CPU working when you Laptop is idle so Disable it.
Keep Cool Live Longer
This trick can not only be applied to yourself but to your laptop too. Let me explain it briefly; the hotter your laptop gets, the harder the fans work and the more power is drawn from battery!
Beside the natural heat generation by a laptop, improper ventilation can also increase the temperature of the laptop. Ensure that air flow is not blocked, this often happen when use place your laptop on a blanket or soft surface. High temperature can also degrade or damage you laptop’s battery permanently.
Save battery with Windows Power Options
Go to the Power option and select the timing and power consumption upon your needs.
For Power Options in Windows XP
Click Start Button > Control Panel > Power Options
Remove all External Devices
Watch for all Externeal devices connected to you laptop and unplug them. Such as USB devices, External mouse, External speakers, etc
Remove CD/DVD from Drive
If a CD/DVD is not in use, remove them. This saves battery power and also avoid unnecessary usage of CD/DVD drive.
