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How to extend your laptop battery running-time

by admin on Jan.12, 2011, under battery tips, laptop battery, notebook

If you have to rely on toshiba pa3534u 1bas batteries to power laptop computers, there are also several power saving methods:

You should not let your laptop still working on while you yourself has finished.

There are “standby” and “sleep” mode in Computer with the Windows operating system.The director of the new technology of Lenovo-Howard Locker said the laptop battery can last over 50 hours when the computer is in standby mode.

When the computer is in standby mode, the monitor and hard disks are turned off , computer files and all open programs are stored in memory. So that when the laptop restart,it can quickly restore the original working condition. if you move from one room to another to work, the best in the transfer process so that the computer is in standby mode.

Computer n sleep mode will be frozen, when you re-start the computer, it will return to your work state before shutting down. Locke said, the toshiba pa3399u 1brs battery can achieve 6 months when the laptop is in sleep mode.

Turn off the function that you do not use.

WiFi, Bluetooth, DVD drives and hard drives all consump sony pcga-bp2v battery power, when you do not need these features, best turn it off. Some of the new computer market makes it easy to do this. (New ThinkPads by Lenovo Group’s computer, for example, they will be built to help you accomplish this task the software.)

In fact, open the computer’s control panel you can work yourself to complete this step. The Windows XP operating system, for example, it has the power options, click on this option you can display and hard drive at the moment when you do not turn it off.

To minimize the brightness of the computer screen. LCD display | display device is power consumption.

Do not waste the sony vgp-bps2a/s battery power to unimportant things. Do not draw,listen to music and watch DVD when powered by battery.

Of course, carrying a power adapter with you is also useful. If you can find it in the road accident comes in. It felt even better, some built-in adapter with car cigarette lighter and other devices connected. One time in a bus from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur found on the car power outlet everywhere.

If yourbattery standby time is not long enough, and you do not mind multi-point increase in weight, then it would bite the bullet and buy a spare battery.

Laptop battery price is not cheap, but most people buy a laptop when they did not expect to have 1 to 2 years Replace the batteries. My personal experience from their own experience that the notebook computer industry, the toshiba pa3191u 1brs battery is unwilling to reveal a soft underbelly of people (do buy batteries only when needed, to see the production date of purchase, do not buy cheap goods.)

Follow these suggestions may not make you fly free in the realm of mobile office, but at least a cup of coffee time peace of mind and do not hurry to crawl under the table to pick up power.

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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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