Categories: Science & Technology
|
22 May, 2020 5:10 am

What affects laptop battery life?

Share
Advertisements

© Petoo (Fotolia) Laptop
© Petoo (Fotolia)
Improper settings
Power settings

Laptop power settings are essential to extending your laptop‘s battery life and getting optimum performance. Power settings allow your laptop to turn off certain components and modes after a pre-determined period of inactivity and even initiate your computer to enter into standby or hibernation to save on power.

Operating systems like Windows have built-in power setting schemes, such as Max Battery power scheme and Portable/Laptop power scheme as well as custom schemes.

Advertisements

Take advantage of your computer’s power saving schemes to prolong your battery life. Adjust the power settings to your preferred computing modes, taking care not to sacrifice on performance.

Display settings

Laptop system monitors are heavy battery resource hogs when configured improperly. Find your laptop monitor brightness control and turn the brightness down as much as possible to save on power and to conserve your battery.
Other factors
Battery charge/discharge habits

Two common laptop computer battery types that are affected by charge/discharge habits are Lithium-ion battery and Nickel-based battery.

Advertisements

. Lithium-ion batteries

Newer laptops use Lithium-ion batteries. It is recommended to always recharge the battery when it is not fully discharged to prolong your battery life. A well-maintained Lithium battery can last between two and three years.

High temperatures have also been known to depreciate the battery‘s life span, but this is likely to change in the future as lithium-ion battery technology continues to advance.

. Nickel-based batteries

Nickel-based laptops battery are found on older computers. Unlike Lithium-ion, the battery must be fully discharged before recharging to ensure prolonged life. Generally, if you partially discharged and then recharge the battery, you reduce the life of the battery.

High power resource programs

Running high energy demanding programs such as watching two-hour movies or playing high-end graphic video games drains battery power and wears out the battery. Plug your laptop to a power source when running high power programs to conserve your battery.

Battery age

Like everything else, laptop batteries wear out with age. They tend to perform well in the first and second years, but past the second year you will begin to notice a performance fade.

Más leídos

Many companies during lockdown had to incorporate working remotely in their lifestyle, and even though smart working isn't a necessity anymore, studies have indicated that the demand of this way of working will be increasing in 2023.

The growth of the International Association of Honored Developers.

A brief explanation of what this transition entails is necessary for individuals interested in using the Alpha version of Selenium 4.

As a parent, the first thing we ask ourselves is: Is Yubo safe to use ? Here is where you will find all the things you need to know about Yubo, and why you should download it for your teen today.

The digital age revolves around data, we generate, store, and analyze it in ever-increasing amounts. However, managing this data flow can be a logistical nightmar. In this article, we present you AWS DataSync and we illustrate you how it simplifies and accelerates data transfers, taking the grunt work out of your data management routine.

';