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Extend laptop battery life

by admin on Aug.31, 2010, under battery tips

We prefer laptop to PC most for portable office work, the laptop battery is the most important part of the laptop working.So we must take a high attention to the laptop battery life.

We say the laptop battery life is not the laptop battery working time, but the battery working time determine the laptop battery life. Also the laptop battery life means that the using time (charge-discharge cycle of the battery). Generally this number always between 400-600 cycles. So we can prolong the charge and discharge rate to extend the battery life. That means you must try your best to extend the laptop battery working time. Also we can hack and revive the “dead laptop battery” to extend the laptop battery charge-discharge cycle.

As we all know, usually the 6 cell capacity laptop battery are only can last work for 2-3 hours in natural working. So we can extend the laptop working time by using the following tips:

Use high capacity battery : You can choise the higher capacity battery for longer working time. The inspiron 1300 battery prefers a partial rather than a full discharge. Frequent full discharges should be avoided when possible. Instead, charge the battery more often or use a larger battery.

Only run what you need. Keeping programs running in the background will require more system resources, and use more of the precious laptop battery juice. There’s a reason that some programs load slower than others, and that’s because they need more system resources. Try to keep as few programs as possible open, and avoid programs that slow your computer down even at the best of times.

Dim the Lights :

Turn down the brightness of the LCD panel (via the Function-key combo, or in the Control Panel’s Display Settings dialog) to the lowest level you can tolerate. The backlight sucks power like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

Charge and discharge : For lithium ion XPS M1210 batteries, you do not need to discharge them fully and recharge constantly. Since they don’t have the same “memory” as older nickel-metal hydride batteries, it is actually better to discharge a lithium ion only partially before recharging. You need to do a full discharge only about every 30 charges.

Be careful with the external peripherals too. Unplug USB devices, PCMCIA devices and any other crazy things you’ve got plugged in if possible. as your system uses power to interact with them.

Run your laptop in less performance : the more performance of laptop, the more power expend.

Take out your battery : Consider removing the inspiron 6000 battery from a laptop when running on fixed power.

Carefully maintain your battery : keep your battery in dry clean and cool place. Wet and dirty can erode your laptop battery. Avoid propping your laptop on a pillow, blanket, or other soft surface that can heat up. Your battery is a lot less efficient when not within its standard operating temperature range.

Revive dead laptop battery : continue use dead battery by using some methods to activation them.

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Hako Thin Client Review

by Meggie on Aug.17, 2010, under electronics news

Hako Thin Client Review

The device runs on Windows CE 5th It requires no fan or moving parts. The manufacturer specifies a power of 5 watts. In brief, he will also publish a management program.

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Ultra Thin Client V5 (Image: Hako)

Hako has introduced an ultra-thin client, called V5, which are suitable for the price of 159 € for normal office applications intended. The manufacturer describes him as a full Terminal Server Client, which could also be used in schools and authorities. He is now available.

The Hako UTC V5 measures 11.5 times 11.5 times 2.5 centimeters. He can be via VESA mount attached to the back of a screen. The components include no moving parts. The system works without a fan. The power consumption is less than 5 watts.

The operating system uses Windows CE 5th Hako The operation takes only 15 seconds, according to the manufacturer.

In an existing network hosted on the Hako UTC V5 with the embedded operating system as a terminal, and in training environments, or smaller networks, it can be used in combination with a conventional PC and expand the terminal server software Thinstuff to a standalone network. the server landscape is shifting in the wake of cost optimization in a Cloud, provides the Hako UTC V5 for connecting to data and programs.

Hako was founded in 2008 as a thin-client specialist. Since then the company has built a network of about 1,500 resellers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Shortly it will also offer a management software for centralized configuration of thin clients for larger networks.

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Notebook Battery Tips

by admin on Aug.06, 2010, under battery tips

In fact, how to make good use of laptop batteries battery, how to extend their use of time and the use of life issues, no doubt troubled by the majority of notebook users a heart problem, laptop computer batteries and use a variety of techniques, which requires us to usually use more learning and application.I got my Dell D5318 Laptop Battery as an example.

(A) fast into hibernation

Temporarily use the notebook computer, to save HP 346970-001 battery power, we can Shezhidianyuan management that allows system over time into hibernation Danzhe or long or short Duyaodengshang a few minutes, there any way the notebook computer system immediately enter the sleep state?

Notebook computer system to quickly into hibernation for a simple method is to directly turn off the display. Press the display is just little things, you can make notebook computers into hibernation immediately and effectively conserve battery energy. When you need to re-use it, simply open the display, the system will automatically return to operation as before.

(B)Screen saving method

TFT screen is the largest notebook computer power components, in order to reduce its use of the battery when the power consumption, notebook manufacturers have different tactics, but in general are based on the lower screen brightness, or even turn off the screen method.

In some notebook power management settings can customize the brightness of the screen, most laptops can be adjusted by a specific shortcut screen brightness, generally 6 to 8 level brightness adjustment.

(C)Alarm settings

Set your Sony PCGA-BP2NY Laptop Battery alarm in time to prompt the user to save the information. By clicking open the “Control Panel”, double-click “Power” menu, click on “Alert” menu bar “-battery alarm” bar Windows 98 default is 10%, “a serious shortage of battery alarm” bar Windows 98 default is 3% can make the appropriate modifications as needed. Click both the [alarm response] button, the “Sound Alarm” and “displays the message” is selected, the “power level” may from time to choose. Alarm limits so that when the battery is used, it will pop up a warning window, and the alarm buzzer sound to prompt the user to save information in a timely manner. Finally click [OK] button to exit the power management settings.

(D)Energy-saving features turned

In the “extended laptop battery technology” section, we have introduced, a CPU energy saving feature is the use of technology, it can make the performance of notebooks and its battery life to play to achieve the best balance between.

Most new models of notebook computers are on the CPU in the BIOS in the energy-saving technologies to support, is enabled by default, if not open as long as the option to enter the BIOS will support the open on OK.

(E)Deliberately used up battery

Run out of battery on a regular basis to ensure a full charge however your laptop is Dell Inspiron 710M Laptop Battery or not. If you need to completely run out of battery power in the specific practice: the Power Management dialog box, select the Battery Drain power of this particular model to all three Running on Batteries options are set to Never, this notebook is the computer on will continue to run.

Select the mode, and then enter the Alarms tab, remove the Low Battery and Critical Battery Warning check box in the check mark (so that when the battery power is low, the machine will not enter the suspended state). Next, let the computer run a lot occupied by the Ren Wu CPU time, such as computer automatically run a number of calculations Fuza the 3D demo program, it will run out of Dianchi Henkuai remaining power, Dangran Jinxingzhexie disposal, do not forget to unplug the AC plug.

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