How can I increase my laptop battery life? [closed]
I don't have enough knowledge about laptop care. I have a second hand hp laptop core i5 . Last two weeks I notice that the battery of my laptop low very soon specially during audio and video use. How can I manage my laptop battery life ?
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Marosh Fatima
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I don't have enough knowledge about laptop care. I have a second hand hp laptop core i5 . Last two weeks I notice that the battery of my laptop low very soon specially during audio and video use. How can I manage my laptop battery life ?
hardware-failure battery battery-life
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
closed as too broad by bertieb, bwDraco, Burgi, rahuldottech, Toto Dec 2 at 19:07
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– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
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Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40
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I don't have enough knowledge about laptop care. I have a second hand hp laptop core i5 . Last two weeks I notice that the battery of my laptop low very soon specially during audio and video use. How can I manage my laptop battery life ?
hardware-failure battery battery-life
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
I don't have enough knowledge about laptop care. I have a second hand hp laptop core i5 . Last two weeks I notice that the battery of my laptop low very soon specially during audio and video use. How can I manage my laptop battery life ?
hardware-failure battery battery-life
hardware-failure battery battery-life
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
edited Dec 2 at 17:28
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
asked Dec 2 at 17:26
Marosh Fatima
32
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closed as too broad by bertieb, bwDraco, Burgi, rahuldottech, Toto Dec 2 at 19:07
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as too broad by bertieb, bwDraco, Burgi, rahuldottech, Toto Dec 2 at 19:07
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See superuser.com/questions/200031/…
– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
2
Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40
add a comment |
See superuser.com/questions/200031/…
– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
2
Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40
See superuser.com/questions/200031/…
– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
See superuser.com/questions/200031/…
– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
2
2
Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40
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It is likely that your battery is simply dying and needs to be replaced.
That said, if this happened fairly suddenly and without a change in use profile (as might be inferred from your question), then the issue is likely that something is draining the battery. If this is the case there will be other signs - like your laptop is always warm/hot. TO address both this specific issue and the more general one of extending battery lif - look at your task manager to see what is using the CPU and if its not needed, kill it, and make sure it stays dead.
You can probably also tell by looking at the health of the battery. You have not specified your OS (but look at this link) - but on many (most?) batteries from decent providers you can also check how your battery compares to new, and a whole lot of other information. If the maximum full charge is < 80% of original full charge, industry says the battery should be replaced.
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
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This post seems like a duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop, but whatever. You can decrease the screen brightness for a big boost in battery life. Also be sure to close out of programs when you are done with them. When an application uses the cpu a lot, and it gets left open, it will surely kill your battery life.
answered Dec 2 at 18:33
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There are several means to do so. Screen brightness as told before is a big point.
You can also tweak with energy saving features available with your OS, those are in battery/power profiles, and you'll want to reduce CPU frequency to improve autonomy. The downside of that is possible decrease of performance.
You can also set your hard drives (if mechanicals) to pause if not used, though in the long run it will shorten their span. On average, where an i5 would use 100Wh, a hard drive uses 10Wh, approx.
GPUs can be tweaked, either it is the integrate graphics of your CPU or a dedicated PCI-Express chipset, you could find settings to lower things such as the power consumption or the refresh rate. Decreased performance is possible.
You should unplug every unnecessary device from your laptop.
In the long term though it is believed that maintaining your battery around 50% would increase its lifespan. I haven't verified that myself as it would require two identical devices with similar usage which is a bit absurd for an average consumer. But you could try that, though you may not have the opportunity to make proper use of your computer with only half battery.
Should you want to apply any of these solutions, googling such keywords should lead you to tutorials to how to do that : Power management (your OS name) (your CPU)| (your GPU)
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
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3 Answers
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It is likely that your battery is simply dying and needs to be replaced.
That said, if this happened fairly suddenly and without a change in use profile (as might be inferred from your question), then the issue is likely that something is draining the battery. If this is the case there will be other signs - like your laptop is always warm/hot. TO address both this specific issue and the more general one of extending battery lif - look at your task manager to see what is using the CPU and if its not needed, kill it, and make sure it stays dead.
You can probably also tell by looking at the health of the battery. You have not specified your OS (but look at this link) - but on many (most?) batteries from decent providers you can also check how your battery compares to new, and a whole lot of other information. If the maximum full charge is < 80% of original full charge, industry says the battery should be replaced.
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
davidgo
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It is likely that your battery is simply dying and needs to be replaced.
That said, if this happened fairly suddenly and without a change in use profile (as might be inferred from your question), then the issue is likely that something is draining the battery. If this is the case there will be other signs - like your laptop is always warm/hot. TO address both this specific issue and the more general one of extending battery lif - look at your task manager to see what is using the CPU and if its not needed, kill it, and make sure it stays dead.
You can probably also tell by looking at the health of the battery. You have not specified your OS (but look at this link) - but on many (most?) batteries from decent providers you can also check how your battery compares to new, and a whole lot of other information. If the maximum full charge is < 80% of original full charge, industry says the battery should be replaced.
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
davidgo
42.1k75086
add a comment |
It is likely that your battery is simply dying and needs to be replaced.
That said, if this happened fairly suddenly and without a change in use profile (as might be inferred from your question), then the issue is likely that something is draining the battery. If this is the case there will be other signs - like your laptop is always warm/hot. TO address both this specific issue and the more general one of extending battery lif - look at your task manager to see what is using the CPU and if its not needed, kill it, and make sure it stays dead.
You can probably also tell by looking at the health of the battery. You have not specified your OS (but look at this link) - but on many (most?) batteries from decent providers you can also check how your battery compares to new, and a whole lot of other information. If the maximum full charge is < 80% of original full charge, industry says the battery should be replaced.
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
davidgo
42.1k75086
It is likely that your battery is simply dying and needs to be replaced.
That said, if this happened fairly suddenly and without a change in use profile (as might be inferred from your question), then the issue is likely that something is draining the battery. If this is the case there will be other signs - like your laptop is always warm/hot. TO address both this specific issue and the more general one of extending battery lif - look at your task manager to see what is using the CPU and if its not needed, kill it, and make sure it stays dead.
You can probably also tell by looking at the health of the battery. You have not specified your OS (but look at this link) - but on many (most?) batteries from decent providers you can also check how your battery compares to new, and a whole lot of other information. If the maximum full charge is < 80% of original full charge, industry says the battery should be replaced.
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
davidgo
42.1k75086
answered Dec 2 at 18:42
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davidgo
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answered Dec 2 at 18:42
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This post seems like a duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop, but whatever. You can decrease the screen brightness for a big boost in battery life. Also be sure to close out of programs when you are done with them. When an application uses the cpu a lot, and it gets left open, it will surely kill your battery life.
answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
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This post seems like a duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop, but whatever. You can decrease the screen brightness for a big boost in battery life. Also be sure to close out of programs when you are done with them. When an application uses the cpu a lot, and it gets left open, it will surely kill your battery life.
answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
11
add a comment |
This post seems like a duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop, but whatever. You can decrease the screen brightness for a big boost in battery life. Also be sure to close out of programs when you are done with them. When an application uses the cpu a lot, and it gets left open, it will surely kill your battery life.
answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
11
This post seems like a duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop, but whatever. You can decrease the screen brightness for a big boost in battery life. Also be sure to close out of programs when you are done with them. When an application uses the cpu a lot, and it gets left open, it will surely kill your battery life.
answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
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answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
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answered Dec 2 at 18:33
TheAtom
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answered Dec 2 at 18:33
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There are several means to do so. Screen brightness as told before is a big point.
You can also tweak with energy saving features available with your OS, those are in battery/power profiles, and you'll want to reduce CPU frequency to improve autonomy. The downside of that is possible decrease of performance.
You can also set your hard drives (if mechanicals) to pause if not used, though in the long run it will shorten their span. On average, where an i5 would use 100Wh, a hard drive uses 10Wh, approx.
GPUs can be tweaked, either it is the integrate graphics of your CPU or a dedicated PCI-Express chipset, you could find settings to lower things such as the power consumption or the refresh rate. Decreased performance is possible.
You should unplug every unnecessary device from your laptop.
In the long term though it is believed that maintaining your battery around 50% would increase its lifespan. I haven't verified that myself as it would require two identical devices with similar usage which is a bit absurd for an average consumer. But you could try that, though you may not have the opportunity to make proper use of your computer with only half battery.
Should you want to apply any of these solutions, googling such keywords should lead you to tutorials to how to do that : Power management (your OS name) (your CPU)| (your GPU)
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
user18938
62
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There are several means to do so. Screen brightness as told before is a big point.
You can also tweak with energy saving features available with your OS, those are in battery/power profiles, and you'll want to reduce CPU frequency to improve autonomy. The downside of that is possible decrease of performance.
You can also set your hard drives (if mechanicals) to pause if not used, though in the long run it will shorten their span. On average, where an i5 would use 100Wh, a hard drive uses 10Wh, approx.
GPUs can be tweaked, either it is the integrate graphics of your CPU or a dedicated PCI-Express chipset, you could find settings to lower things such as the power consumption or the refresh rate. Decreased performance is possible.
You should unplug every unnecessary device from your laptop.
In the long term though it is believed that maintaining your battery around 50% would increase its lifespan. I haven't verified that myself as it would require two identical devices with similar usage which is a bit absurd for an average consumer. But you could try that, though you may not have the opportunity to make proper use of your computer with only half battery.
Should you want to apply any of these solutions, googling such keywords should lead you to tutorials to how to do that : Power management (your OS name) (your CPU)| (your GPU)
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
user18938
62
add a comment |
There are several means to do so. Screen brightness as told before is a big point.
You can also tweak with energy saving features available with your OS, those are in battery/power profiles, and you'll want to reduce CPU frequency to improve autonomy. The downside of that is possible decrease of performance.
You can also set your hard drives (if mechanicals) to pause if not used, though in the long run it will shorten their span. On average, where an i5 would use 100Wh, a hard drive uses 10Wh, approx.
GPUs can be tweaked, either it is the integrate graphics of your CPU or a dedicated PCI-Express chipset, you could find settings to lower things such as the power consumption or the refresh rate. Decreased performance is possible.
You should unplug every unnecessary device from your laptop.
In the long term though it is believed that maintaining your battery around 50% would increase its lifespan. I haven't verified that myself as it would require two identical devices with similar usage which is a bit absurd for an average consumer. But you could try that, though you may not have the opportunity to make proper use of your computer with only half battery.
Should you want to apply any of these solutions, googling such keywords should lead you to tutorials to how to do that : Power management (your OS name) (your CPU)| (your GPU)
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
user18938
62
There are several means to do so. Screen brightness as told before is a big point.
You can also tweak with energy saving features available with your OS, those are in battery/power profiles, and you'll want to reduce CPU frequency to improve autonomy. The downside of that is possible decrease of performance.
You can also set your hard drives (if mechanicals) to pause if not used, though in the long run it will shorten their span. On average, where an i5 would use 100Wh, a hard drive uses 10Wh, approx.
GPUs can be tweaked, either it is the integrate graphics of your CPU or a dedicated PCI-Express chipset, you could find settings to lower things such as the power consumption or the refresh rate. Decreased performance is possible.
You should unplug every unnecessary device from your laptop.
In the long term though it is believed that maintaining your battery around 50% would increase its lifespan. I haven't verified that myself as it would require two identical devices with similar usage which is a bit absurd for an average consumer. But you could try that, though you may not have the opportunity to make proper use of your computer with only half battery.
Should you want to apply any of these solutions, googling such keywords should lead you to tutorials to how to do that : Power management (your OS name) (your CPU)| (your GPU)
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
user18938
62
answered Dec 2 at 18:50
user18938
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answered Dec 2 at 18:50
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answered Dec 2 at 18:50
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See superuser.com/questions/200031/…
– rahuldottech
Dec 2 at 17:27
2
Buy a new battery.
– DavidPostill♦
Dec 2 at 17:35
Possible duplicate of Increase the battery life of a laptop
– Tomasz Jakub Rup
Dec 2 at 17:40