battery life

[capriceswangin]

i have a compaq v2030us and i was wondering what tips people may have for me to keep my battery life the best it can be. i have heard things like never charge you battery unless its completely dead, and things like this, but i dont know for sure. any help will be appreciated

 

[talldude123]

Turn off the monitor instead of using a screen saver.

Dim the screen so it's not as bright.

Leave it on standby as much as possible.

 

[Jorsoft]

ALso, in the power settings (in control panel) set it to turn the hard disks off after as short a time as possible when using the battery. And leave the optical drive empty whenever possible, spinning up the hd and dvd drives use up lots of juice.

 

[lancec2c30]

other than that dont worry about not charging the battery unless it is dead because that will become an easy nag in your time

 

[aliasaid]

with the charging battery when empty i don't think is applicable to lithium ion batteries, which i believe most laptops use. if you're using a nickel hydrite cadmium (lol no idea what how it goes..) then you gotta wait till its dead before you recharge.

 

[Jorsoft]

Nothing uses nicad anymore, Li-Ion batteries don't have any charging issues, never have. All laptops built within the last several years use Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)

 

[CrazeD]

Don't use AC power with the battery connected.