Bhadrajun | Halloween | 08 November 2011, 12:09pm
Having a laptop is one thing... but being satisfied with its functioning is another thing.
So the question is how many of us are truly proud and satisfied with this machine which we love to place in our lap, oh does it burns hot? Yeah most of do, may be in a year or two but they all turn into heating rods.
So your laptop shuts down in a pretty moody way, doesn't it? I guess most of times it do when you were about to finish and finalize a report on your text editor, or may be you were writing the codes of some program module you were working on. A glitch in your machine and all your unsaved data will be gone like a puff of smoke... and am I missing something? Battery backup? Bingo!!! that's it, apparently every manufacturer, while selling his product promises us that this machine will give you 4-6 hours of Power backup, right? But does this goes this way? I guess not most of these machines started showing “10% power available please plug-in to power source ” within 4-5 months.
Talking about the laptop's shutting
down problem we can ponder over these issues, it can be happening due
to over heating or due to some virus or worm. How to find out what
causing it, try to boot up your laptop again.. if it boots, try to
check BIOS and temperatures (if available) see if temperatures
increases. and let it run for about 35 - 40 minutes, if it shuts
down. I can tell you cent percent that it's not a virus or worm. On
the other hand it might be computer virus if it shuts down on your
operating system. You may try reinstalling the OS (which will be your
final choice)
or buy a good anti virus, avast provides a boot
scan.
Over heating problem can be tackled by timely dusting tour laptop with a vacuum cleaner and if problem persists, get it cleaned by a technical service provider. It is always said that prevention is better than care so try that dust doesn't get clogged in your machine by always placing it on some dust free and firm surface, where it get proper ventilation.
About the battery backup problem, how to prevent our battery from getting cranky? There is always debate over, whether keep your laptop always on external power supply or use it on battery when ever it is fully charged.
I'd keep it plugged in. Some laptops like my old Compaq CQ44, have a threshold where the AC doesn't charge the battery at all until it drops below a certain point. I've also read that you extend battery life if you maintain a charge of around 35%. So better check out with your dealer whether your machine is smarten up or not.
On the other hand if your machine is not that smart then you can consider these options :
Proper Charging and Discharging
Environment Temperature
and finally you can check out with your manufacturer, what he have to say about their battery life, like here the Apple guys suggests, follow the link.
Have jolly Computing ;)
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Thanks for the tips!