When it comes to long laptop life & good performance then you can never out number the importance of a good battery life. Here are few tips for you to prolong your battery life.

Power setting adjustments

There is a service that the laptop makers provide you with. That is power adjustment option. You have to use that to prolong your battery by going through the user manual of your laptop as it varies from machine to machine.

Here is how it goes:

Windows vista will empower you with the way your laptop battery will be controlled by building different hardware systems in 3 default systems:

1. A balance that ensures enough supply of power when you need it & & reserves it when the laptop is idle.

2. But the drawback is though power savers will give you a long battery life but it will affect the performance of your laptop.

3. High performance will have to pay the price of a shortened battery life.
The way to select is:

Step 1-click the battery meter icon, located in the notification area on the Windows taskbar.
Step 2-Select one of the three default power plans according to your need.

Windows XP offers two power schemes

1. The portable power scheme- this minimizes the power to prolong battery life & as it changes the balance so speed isn’t sacrificed.
2. The max battery power scheme also minimizes the power use but it won’t adjust. So it can be used when functions concerning documents & notes are being performed as it consumes less power.

Process;

Step 1- click start

Step 2- click control panel.

Step 3- verify that you are in category view.

Step 4-click performance & maintenance.

Step 5-click power option.

Step 6-hereclick the arrow under the power scheme to select your option i.e max battery.

Step 7-click ok.

Take care of your battery by keeping it out of extreme heat. Use a dry clothes to clean the battery specially the metal connectors. Defragmentation is a way to go to keep your laptops efficiency y intact. Care to use alcohol rubbing periodically to clean your battery& use hibernate mode instead of standby. It is important to remove the battery if the laptop is running in ac mode for a long time. And last but not the least discharge completely the battery once in a month then charge it again.

When you need your laptop to stay on but running out of charge then dim your display & close the unnecessary programs. Also keep your graphics to a minimum level & remove things like USB flash or DVDs.

All these might look just a bit too ouch but if you want to prolong the life of your laptop then it’s all worth it.