Here are some tips to extend the life of the notebook
1. Power Management Settings
You will find this power management setting on the icon on the bottom right or in the Control Panel. There, you will find several configurations.
If you are using a notebook with a battery, we recommend turning on the Power Saver setting. This setting will slow down the processor by half. As a result, notebook power consumption will decrease.
You don't have to be afraid of declining performance. In general, work activities carried out in a mobile state do not require high performance. Activities such as browsing, office applications, light multimedia (listening to music or playing non HD movies) and so on do not demand high performance.
In addition, power management settings also have several options such as turning off the screen, entering hibernate mode, turning off the hard disk and so on if the notebook has not been used for a long time.
2. Enlarge Memory Capacity (RAM)
This is to reduce the occurrence of virtual memory activation to the hard disk. As we know, hard disk power when doing a full rotation will consume more power than a RAM or memory.
3. Defrag System
The Defrag process will speed up the hard disk read time. This will make the hard disk work more efficiently and you can open applications more quickly.
4. Lowering Contrast
Lowering the contrast of the notebook screen will affect the durability. You can lower it to a setting that is still comfortable for the eyes. Usually, this screen contrast configuration is already in the Power Management settings. However, if you are not comfortable, you can increase the contrast a few levels.
5. Turn off the process / program running in the background.
The more processes/programs running in the background, the faster the battery will be used. For that, it's better to just turn off applications running in the background. You can kill processes/programs in the background via “Run->msconfig” then select the “startup” tab. However, choose the program to be turned off wisely and carefully.
6. Don't Leave CD/DVD on Optical Drive
Often we forget to remove the CD from the optical drive. This will keep the optical drive supplying power for the device. In fact, the notebook will sometimes play the optical drive without us telling. This is enough to reduce battery power.
7. Disconnect the Device from the USB port
Even though it only consumes a small amount of power, the devices connected to the USB port (Flash disk, USB hard drive, etc.) will reduce the durability of your notebook. Unplug it when you no longer use the device.
8. Turn Off Unnecessary Connectivity Features
Turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity when you don't need it. This device will continuously send a signal that can drain battery life. For example, you only need Wi-Fi, so you can turn off bluetooth.
9. Choose Hibernate Mode instead of Standby
When the notebook is not in use, it would be better if you enter hibernate mode rather than standby. In hibernate mode, all devices will be turned off and do not consume electricity. While in Standby mode, an electric current is required.
In terms of notebook initialization speed, Standby mode is indeed faster. However, this is not worth the power required when left for a long time.
10. Avoid Multi-tasking Praktik
The more applications are opened, the hard disk will work more often. This will consume more power than when you run a single application.
11. Switching Graphics
If your notebook has dual graphics and you have to select it manually, don't forget to change it with graphics that are more power efficient.
12. Replace Hard Disk with SSD
In addition to consuming less power, SSDs have faster application load times and do not generate excess heat that will affect surrounding components.
