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Why Does Your Laptop Computer Battery Rapidly Go Flat

Guest post by: Graham Kelly

Article Overview: It will not be too difficult to extend the time that your laptop computer will run on its battery power.

Why Does Your Laptop Computer Battery Rapidly Go Flat

Many laptop computer users don't realise that is quiet easy to increase battery running time via a couple of minor tweeks. Try to implement as many of the following ideas as possible to extend the battery lifetime of your laptop.

The biggest power saving could be quickly made by going to Windows Power Options usually found in the Control Panel. Set it to maximum energy saving. This is simple to do and may save plenty of power.

Just decreasing the brightness of the laptop screen will save a lot of battery power. So using the laptop in a darkened room at minimal brightness is certain to save extra power.

Often users have many unnecessary, maybe ineffective applications running in the background. These will waste power and slow down the laptop. It is generally tough to identify and remove them so a cleaner program may be required for this.

Use hibernate when turning off the laptop computer as it uses nearly no power in this mode and can quickly power up when required. Standby and shutdown ought to be avoided as both will use extra energy from the battery when off or entering Windows.

Adding additional RAM will assist by saving battery power. This can allow packages to run mostly from the RAM rather than from the hard drive. Additionally, almost all packages will run quicker and smoother.

If you have a WI-FI card enabled then power will likely be drained from the battery even if the laptop computer is not connected to the Web. Often it can easily be turned off via a switch or software program to save this power being wasted during battery operation.

The hard drive uses more power than RAM however makes use of significantly less than the CD or DVD drive. So attempt to install packages and data in order that they run from the hard drive rather than the CD or DVD drive. When installing a program it's often possible to instruct it to install all of the code on the hard drive so access to the CD or DVD drive is not required.

If sound is not actually necessary then muting the sound or significantly reducing the volume of the laptop audio system can reduce energy consumption. Typically users have music playing whilst operating their laptop, this is okay on mains, but on battery will in a short time discharge it.

If you hear the fan operating frequently or the entire time then battery energy is being wasted trying to cool an overheating laptop. The vent may be blocked or if you are using it on your knees you may be stopping air flow. In either case additional battery energy will be wasted and the laptop may finally be broken by the surplus heat.

Unfortunately, every battery will provide less and less charge the more times it's used and charged and discharged. Care should be taken to try and extend the battery life so long as is possible. Do not let the battery become hot as this can shorten its life. Do not leave on charge for long periods as soon as fully charged. Attempt to almost fully discharge the battery before recharging.

There are many other components that affects the power drain from your laptop's battery, however the major causes of depletion have been considered. A battery will never be as good as the mains supply in operating your laptop computer however there's no other alternative if you are on the move.

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