I just got my new laptop and based on past experiences with my old laptops, my battery drains so fast even if I always charge it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, so if you have tips or suggestions on how I can prolong my laptop's battery life, that would be beneficial! Hope to hear from the experts!
Edit your startup and remove programs you don’t necessarily need to load right away. Since they run every time you boot and take up CPU and RAM, it's affecting your battery.
Just to add, you should make it a habit to defragment your hard drive.
Edit the power options and select “Max Battery” for XP and “power saver” for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Monitor your laptop's temperature as well and keep it cool. Laptop batteries discharge quicker when hot, it’s important not to leave them inside cars when parked outside.
Lastly, if you are going to leave the battery and not use it for a while, make sure that you leave the battery at 40% and never leave a Li-ion battery completely discharged for a long period of time, otherwise it will ruin the battery and probably won't work.
These recommendations are remarkable and are just perfect for me, especially the hibernate thing. I always leave my laptop on for a few hours especially when I go on lunch, break or hop on to meetings. I'll definitely use hibernate. Also, I noticed my power settings are set to "Always On", I just changed that now to "Max Battery". Thank you all so much for your useful tips!
Just like mine, sometimes I leave my laptop open, especially when I'm at home while caring my child. Thank you experts.
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