All laptop batteries are lithium, so regardless of the specific model, over time, their capacity decreases.
How to extend laptop battery life:
- the battery cannot be stored for a long time. It is advisable to keep the battery half charged, but not fully charged - this also negatively affects the service life;
- the laptop battery is not charged to 100% of its capacity. Ideally, the battery should start charging at 40% charge and stop at 80% charge. This extends battery life - in some cases more than fourfold;
- completely discharge the battery in order to calibrate the meter. This should be done once every two months. Otherwise, the flowmeter will lose accuracy, the laptop will shut down even when the indicator shows that it is charged;
- battery life is critically affected by temperature. The limits in which the laptop is used: from +5 to +45 ° C. Optimal mode: from +15 to +25 ° C. Dangerous overheating of the laptop battery. This can cause the power supply to quickly exit, or even explode.
3 ways to improve battery life:
- enabling a mode in which the processor and video card operate at reduced frequencies. These are the most power-hungry parts of the notebook and enabling the power saving mode will reduce power consumption. This is done like this:
- "Control panel" (item "Power supply");
- Home / Desktop mode.
- disconnecting the modem, network card, infrared port, other unused ports, such as VGA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Reduce display brightness to the lowest acceptable level.
- an increase in the amount of RAM. The modules themselves consume a little power, but when there is more RAM, the system accesses the hard disk less often, performance increases, and power consumption decreases.
