Laptop vendor gave writer some tips to increase the battery life to maximum :
Charge your battery fully and then discharge it till the laptop shuts down by itself. Do this for 2-3 times before your journey. This gives your battery some exercise ( & exercise is always beneficial to health )
Decrease the monitor brightness. This gives you an extra 1 hour battery life
Defragment your hard disk regularly. This leads to lower power consumption by your hard disk.
Shut down useless programs running behind. Open your task manager to see the programs running
Remove or shut down “not used” externally plugged devices like USB devises, printer, ipod, Wifi etc
Use it in a cooler environment.
Clean your battery contacts for the best efficiency. Use alcohol swab to clean the rust if any.
If you are not using laptop for a longer time, remove the battery. It has been found that, even in shutdown mode, battery keeps discharging a little.
Go for Li-Ion battery – they offer more battery life.
If you are a frequent traveler, keep an extra battery ready for use.
Use Hibernation feature as it shuts down your PC very quickly and resumes again soon too.
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