10 Basics Tips for Computer Care and Usage
Read this tips carefully never to kill your laptop batteries again
1. Always turn off Wi-Fi and BlueTooth when you are not using it. Most laptops have shortcut keys to instantly disable wireless connectivity, so do it.
2. Don't play computer games, music or DVD movies when on battery multimedia activities drain laptop batteries quickly.
3. Cut down all external devices like PC Card modems, Firewire, USB devices and optical drives, including mouse. Use the notebook touch pad instead of an external mouse. They seem to drain down your laptop battery. And also charging other devices like iPod, PS3 wireless pad etc with your laptop when on battery is a surefire way of draining your battery quickly.
4. Dim your screen - Adjusting the screen brightness low by dimming your display saves battery power. Most laptops come with the ability to dim its screen so if yours have this function then use it.
5. Tweak Windows Power Options - Choose a Laptop power scheme that turns off the notebook monitor and hard disk after 10 minutes of inactivity.
6. Decrease or mute the Laptop Speaker Volume, apart from draining the battery it can also crack your speakers.
7. Turn off all scheduled tasks or programs running in the background. All these add to the CPU load and cut down battery life. Shut down everything that isn’t crucial when you are on battery.
8. Turn off Auto-save features in Microsoft Office and other applications.
9. If your PC has a built-in wireless card, turn it off or disable it when not in use.
10. Do not run Audio or Video CDs directly on your C drive, programs that are run from a CD or DVD can be copied to and run from the hard drive, which typically consumes less power than an optical drive.
2. Don't play computer games, music or DVD movies when on battery multimedia activities drain laptop batteries quickly.
3. Cut down all external devices like PC Card modems, Firewire, USB devices and optical drives, including mouse. Use the notebook touch pad instead of an external mouse. They seem to drain down your laptop battery. And also charging other devices like iPod, PS3 wireless pad etc with your laptop when on battery is a surefire way of draining your battery quickly.
4. Dim your screen - Adjusting the screen brightness low by dimming your display saves battery power. Most laptops come with the ability to dim its screen so if yours have this function then use it.
5. Tweak Windows Power Options - Choose a Laptop power scheme that turns off the notebook monitor and hard disk after 10 minutes of inactivity.
6. Decrease or mute the Laptop Speaker Volume, apart from draining the battery it can also crack your speakers.
7. Turn off all scheduled tasks or programs running in the background. All these add to the CPU load and cut down battery life. Shut down everything that isn’t crucial when you are on battery.
8. Turn off Auto-save features in Microsoft Office and other applications.
9. If your PC has a built-in wireless card, turn it off or disable it when not in use.
10. Do not run Audio or Video CDs directly on your C drive, programs that are run from a CD or DVD can be copied to and run from the hard drive, which typically consumes less power than an optical drive.
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