7 tips to make your laptop last longer without recharging and generator

The laptop became a lifesaver during a power outage. But the battery charge is not always enough for a long time. Briz tells how to increase the battery life of a laptop without power banks or an uninterruptible power supply.

 

Tip 1: Reduce the backlight of the keyboard and screen, turn off unnecessary devices

 

The first thing you should pay attention to is the screen and keyboard backlight. They drain the battery a lot.

You can reduce the backlight level by pressing the button on the keyboard with the corresponding designation.

 

Or in system settings: "Settings" → "System" → Then use the slider to select the minimum comfortable brightness.

Almost all modern laptop models have keyboard backlighting. The maximum operating time of the laptop without backlight is much longer. Disabled with hotkeys. For example, in Lenovo laptops, this is Fn + Space.

Check if Bluetooth is working, if a flash drive or other devices are connected. All this reduces the battery life of the laptop: other devices are powered by the battery.

 

Tip 2: Sleep Mode

 

Sleep mode is disabled on some devices. This reduces the battery life of the laptop, because even after shutting down, it will continue to work as usual.

 

Set the time after which the laptop will fall asleep automatically. You can do this in the settings section: "Settings" → "System" → "Power and sleep". So, if you go away, the laptop will go into sleep mode and save battery.

 

Tip 3: Properly Uninstall Unnecessary Programs

 

Even if the program is not active, it can load the processor: process data in the background, be updated, scanned by antivirus. This takes the power of RAM and processor. If the latter is heavily loaded, the laptop overheats, which causes the battery to drain faster.

Overheating is also dangerous because it reduces the number of battery recharging cycles (this is the number of times you can fully discharge and charge the battery). Many people ask if a laptop will work without a battery - yes, it happens when the battery cannot hold a charge and only works from the mains.

But you need to uninstall programs correctly. You can’t just select the folder with the program and click “Delete”. So the program is not completely removed: there are many temporary files that reduce the processor's operating time. The operating system sees that the files belong to a non-existent program and tries to figure out what to do with them.

 

There are two safe ways to uninstall programs. Through "Settings'' → "Add or Remove Programs".

Or using the uninstal.exe file in the folder where the program was installed.

 

Tip 4: Clean up the system drive

 

On the drive where the system is installed - usually drive C - temporary files are created that require disk space. They are needed for the speed of the operating system. If the C drive is cluttered, then the OS will start to slow down, and the laptop will overheat.

Remove unwanted programs from C drive.

Also, check this folder: C:\Windows\Temp - temporary files are stored there that you can delete yourself.

Important: delete the files themselves, not the "Temp" folder

 

Tip 5: Check "Task Manager"

 

The task manager shows what is loading the system right now. You can see how loaded the RAM and processor are with each running application.

The dispatcher is opened with a key combination: Ctrl+Alt+Del (or Delete). Or through the context menu of the taskbar.

Take a look at the Processes tab. There you can find all active processes in the system, including programs that have gone into the background instead of being closed. For example, programs from Adobe (Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat) are constantly updated, even if the version is pirated. The torrent tracker can remain in "processes" even after closing. The operating system is forced to serve programs in processes, and active programs get fewer resources.

 

Tip 6: Disable Startup Apps

 

The laptop loads programs that the system starts automatically. These are often unnecessary programs that take up RAM and load the processor. A list of such programs is in the "Startup" tab in the task manager.

Go to "Startup" and disable all programs that you do not use. This will increase the maximum operating time of the laptop, which will not have to constantly activate background programs.

 

Tip 7: Limit Your Internet Use

 

Without the Internet, a laptop can work 1-2 hours longer. Even if you're not using a browser, calendars, reminders, and web-based apps drain your battery in the background.

Here's what to do to make your laptop work more economically even with the Internet.

Enable economy mode from Chrome. It has two types of savings.

1. Saves the battery - we reduce the frame rate on the video, the beauty of the effects on the sites.

2. Saving RAM - the browser stops loading inactive tabs (those on which the user is not). So other applications get more resources and the laptop overheats less.

 

Summing up

 

Active devices drain the battery most of all: wireless headphones, bluetooth, flash drives in ports or phones via USB. And with the backlight of the screen and keyboard - this leads to overheating. And overheating is a high load on the processor, which can be avoided by disabling or removing unnecessary programs.

- Monitor running programs in the background: disable unnecessary ones;

- Turn down the screen backlight and turn off the keyboard backlight;

- Clean C drive from unnecessary programs.

 

We tried to collect tips on how to make a laptop faster and more economical. We have many more recommendations, they are more effective, but more difficult to implement.