Laptop Battery Tech Tips for laptop computers
Energy management has plagued portable computing since its inception, but thanks to more powerful batteries, newer processors, and smarter software, it’s getting better all the time. You can help, too. The following are a few tips for squeezing more juice out of your Acer as10d31 laptop battery.
Tweak power settings
Windows users can also click on Power and Sleep Settings, to manually reduce the power consumption of your laptop. You may opt for your Acer laptop screen to go dark when not in use for, say, two minutes, but will turn on instantly again when a key is touched. Windows 10 has a toggle button that enables Laptop Battery Saver mode, to limit background activity such as push email, calendar syncing, live tile updates, and more.
Go with solid-state drives
For your next PC or Mac, go with one that has a solid-state drive (SSD) instead of a hard disc drive (HDD), as it’s less taxing on the battery (as there are no moving parts). Plus, a SSD is smaller, lighter, faster, and more durable than a HDD. The one downside is they don’t typically hold as many files as a hard drive (say, 256GB opposed to 2-terabytes).
Dim the laptop screen
Turn down the brightness of your laptop a great deal as it will help preserve battery life. This can usually be found on your laptop’s secondary keyboard commands, such as icons that look like little suns, and then manually reducing the brightness (F keys, on a Windows PC). If you’re shopping for a new laptop, keep in mind the bigger the laptop screen, the faster the battery drain, generally speaking.
Disable radios, unplug accessories
Unless you need Wi-Fi or other wireless radios, such as Bluetooth (for a mouse), go into Airplane Mode, which turns off all embedded radios. This stops your computer from looking for other devices to join.
Try to reduce the number of accessories plugged into the laptop that can be draining its power, such as an external hard drive. Connected peripherals can be a factor in eating away at its Dell inspiron n5010 battery life. Try using the touchpad instead of using an external mouse if your battery is waning.
Mind your apps
Your battery will last a lot longer if you use your laptop for basic, low-power tasks – like word processing, web browsing and emailing – than it will for system resource-hungry applications like online gaming and video playback. In other words, if you’re on a long flight (without an AC outlet near you) and you need to get some work done, you might want to put off that Fortnite game or Netflix binge until after you’ve used your computer for work – or there might not be much power left.
