15 Ways to Extend Your compaq presario m2000 series Laptop’s Battery Life
by admin on Sep.03, 2010, under laptop battery tips
Laptops tend to lose their charm quickly when you’re constantly looking for the nearest
power outlet to charge up. How do you keep your HP Pavilion dv4 battery going for as
long as possible? Here are 15 easy ways to do so.
1· Defrag regularly - The faster your hard drive does its work - less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your compaq presario m2000
battery. Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly. (but not
while it’s on battery of course!) Mac OSX is better built to handle fragmentation so it may
not be very applicable for Apple systems.
2·Dim your screen - Most laptops come with the ability to dim your laptop screen. Some even come with ways
to modify CPU and cooling performance. Cut them down to the lowest level you can tolerate
to squeeze out some extra compaq presario m2000 notebook pc battery juice.
3·Cut down on programs running in the background. Itunes, Desktop Search, etc. All these
add to the CPU load and cut down battery life. Shut down everything that isn’t crucial
when you’re on compaq presario m2000 battery.
4·Cut down external devices - USB devices (including your mouse) & WiFi drain down your compaq presario m2000
laptop battery. Remove or shut them down when not in use. It goes without saying that
charging other devices (like your iPod) with your laptop when on battery is a surefire
way of quickly wiping out the charge on your laptop battery.
5·Add more RAM - This will allow you to process more with the memory your laptop has, rather than relying
on virtual memory. Virtual memory results in hard drive use, and is much less power
efficient. Note that adding more RAM will consume more energy, so this is most
applicable if you do need to run memory intensive programs which actually require
heavy usage of virtual memory.
6·Run off a hard drive rather than CD/DVD - As power consuming as hard drives are, CD and DVD drives are worse. Even having one
in the drive can be power consuming. They spin, taking power, even when they’re not
actively being used. Wherever possible, try to run on virtual drives using programs like
Alcohol 120% rather than optical ones.
7·Keep the battery contacts clean: Clean your battery’s metal contacts every couple of
months with a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol. This keeps the transfer of power
from your compaq m2000 rechargeable battery more efficient.
8·Take care of your battery - Exercise the Battery. Do not leave a charged presario m2000 battery dormant for long
periods of time. Once charged, you should at least use the laptop batteries at least once
every two to three weeks. Also, do not let a Li-ion battery completely discharge. (Discharing is only for older batteries with memory
effects)
9·Hibernate not standby - Although placing a laptop in standby mode saves some power and you can instantly
resume where you left off, it doesn’t save anywhere as much power as the hibernate
function does. Hibernating a PC will actually save your PC’s state as it is, and completely
shut itself down.
10·Keep operating temperature down - Your laptop operates more efficiently when it’s cooler. Clean out your air vents with a
cloth or keyboard cleaner.
11·Set up and optimize your power options - Go to ‘Power Options’ in your windows control panel and set it up so that power usage is
optimized (Select the ‘max battery’ for maximum effect).
12·Don’t multitask - Do one thing at a time when you’re on battery. Rather than working on a spreadsheet,
letting your email client run in the background and listening to your latest set of MP3’s,
set your mind to one thing only. If you don’t you’ll only drain out your compaq presario
m2000 batteries before anything gets completed!
13·Go easy on the PC demands - The more you demand from your PC. Passive activities like email and word processing
consume much less power than gaming or playing a DVD. If you’ve got a single battery
charge - pick your priorities wisely.
14·Get yourself a more efficient laptop - Laptops are getting more and more efficient in nature to the point where some
manufacturers are talking about all day long batteries. Picking up a newer more efficient
laptop to replace an aging one is usually a quick fix.
15·Prevent the Memory Effect - If you’re using a very old laptop, you’ll want to prevent the ‘memory effect’ - Keep the compaq battery presario m2000 healthy by fully charging and then fully
discharging it at least once every two to three weeks. Exceptions to the rule are Li-Ion batteries (which most laptops have) which do not suffer from the memory effect.
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