conserve and preserve your dell battery

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of the dell laptop battery   First post by: www.batterystores.ca

Step 1 Close useless programs. Are you downloading something right now with Limewire? No? Then close it. It's huge. What about all these other background programs which eat up resources? Close 'em. If it's useless, close it. Draw less power when using your computer. The more applications you run on your computer, and the higher your power settings, the more the dell battery will drain during use. Running fewer programs at one time, and changing power settings, such as reducing the brightness of the display, will extend battery life. Running graphically intense programs like games is especially hard on batteries, since graphics cards draw large amounts of power, and generate a lot of heat.

Step 2 Don't use the battery if you don't have to. While some battery use is helpful to keep the battery used to being used, don't use the battery all the time if you can plug the computer into a power source. Batteries can only be drained and charged a certain number of times before they start to lose charge, so using the battery too often can shorten the life of the battery such as dell Latitude D800 battery, dell Inspiron 8500 battery, dell 8N544 battery, dell Inspiron 8600 battery, Dell Precision M60 battery, dell Inspiron 6400 battery, dell Inspiron E1505 battery, dell Inspiron 1501 battery, dell GD761 battery, dell KD476 battery, dell TD347 battery .

Step 3 Avoid USB external devices. USB devices draw power from the computer. The more USB devices you are using, like mice, external hard drives and MP3 players, the quicker your battery will drain. Change your display lay-out. This will lower CPU usage. Ever since Windows downgraded to Windows Vista, serious CPU usage has been getting eaten up, as a result of an ostentatious lay out. Change it to Windows Classic. It's probably better in the long run. Defrag that thing! Do it often, just don't do it while it's running on dell battery power alone. Screen brightness can be adjusted. Lower it to as low as you can handle. This will lower battery usage.

Step 4 Use Hibernate, and nothing else. Everything else, except 100% off drains battery life. Allow the battery to fully discharge on occasion. While it is generally best to keep the battery charged, and not allow it to run out completely, it can extend the life of the battery to allow it to fully discharge once in a while, such as every few weeks.

Step 5 Keep your computer and battery as cool as possible. Just as heat is bad for a computer's CPU, it is also detrimental to batteries. The hotter a battery is, the faster its charge will drop over time. Keep the laptop out of direct sunlight, and never leave the battery in a hot place.