{"id":8830,"date":"2016-07-01T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/useful-tricks-to-boost-your-gaming-laptops-battery\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:51:52","slug":"useful-tricks-to-boost-your-gaming-laptops-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/useful-tricks-to-boost-your-gaming-laptops-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Tricks to Boost Your Gaming Laptop\u2019s Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nothing is more irritating than to have your game ruined because your laptop\u2019s battery died. Let\u2019s face it — gaming laptops<\/a> are portable but they aren\u2019t as efficient when it comes to their battery life. That\u2019s why it’s important to be aware of how much power the programs running on your laptop are using. This factor can significantly affect the way you prolong your laptop\u2019s battery life. Taking this is mind, learn how you can cut down your laptop’s power usage with these seven other tricks.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Try adding more memory to your notebook.<\/h2>\n

Adding more RAM reduces your system\u2019s use for virtual memory. Thus, it saves energy. It can also boost your laptop\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Update your storage to SSD.<\/h2>\n

Replace your hard drive with a solid-state drive. It\u2019s because SSD uses less energy than hard drives.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Learn to manage your apps.<\/h2>\n

Make sure to close the programs you aren\u2019t using. Programs running on your sidebar or hidden icon use power and waste precious battery life.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Put your laptop to sleep.<\/h2>\n

Learn to tweak your laptop\u2019s power plan setting. Set it to sleep after a certain period of inactivity.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Disable Bluetooth, Wi-fi, or other hardware devices.<\/h2>\n

Bluetooth, IR port, and Wi-fi can waste your battery by being left enabled. Disable them if you\u2019re not using them.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Try to use smart outlets when charging your laptop.<\/h2>\n

These devices can let you check and control the power usage of your device.<\/p>\n

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\u25cf Clean your laptop.<\/h2>\n

Your laptop can be an energy waster so make sure to clean it every couple of months. You can clean your laptop\u2019s internals with a can of compressed air through the vent.<\/p>\n

The bottom line here is to know everything on your laptop that drains the battery quickly. This way, you can properly optimize it to extend battery life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing is more irritating than to have your game ruined because your laptop\u2019s battery died. Let\u2019s face it — gaming laptops are portable but they aren\u2019t as efficient when it comes to their battery life. That\u2019s why it’s important to be aware of how much power the programs running on your laptop are using. This… Read More »Useful Tricks to Boost Your Gaming Laptop\u2019s Battery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2733,2747,2258,2724,2742],"tags":[2845,1225,2648,2882],"class_list":["post-8830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming-laptops","category-general-interest","category-industry-interest","category-news","category-product-reviews","tag-cyber-power-pc","tag-gaming-laptop","tag-gaming-laptops","tag-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15774,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8830\/revisions\/15774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}