LONDON: British experts and the owner of a firm have come up with useful tips to increase the performance of laptops that can save this valuable machine from premature wear and tear.
Kevin Sharon is also the owner of Backmarket, a large laptop repair firm in London. He says that if the laptop’s battery is draining quickly, this setting might help.
Firstly, in countries like Pakistan, genuine laptop batteries are hardly available in the atmosphere of products up to number two, three and four. So we can follow Kevin’s advice in which he insists on changing the battery setting.
How much should the battery be charged?
Continuous charging or powering the battery weakens the battery and should be avoided.
Kevin’s second tip is to let the battery drain down to 20 percent by using the laptop once a month. It is not a sensible practice to keep the wires connected continuously for fear of charging less. That’s why the laptop battery should be charged from 20 to 80% and not charged by removing the wire.
If the Macbook (Apple laptop) has operating system version 10.15.5, the setting does not charge above 80% and stops there. For this, go to ‘To Activate Battery Optimization’ in Settings, then click on ‘System Preferences’, then go to ‘Battery Health’ and click on ‘Optimized Battery Charging’.
Windows laptops do not have this facility but can be implemented in other ways. First click on Start, then Settings, then Troubleshoot, then Other Troubleshooters, then go to Power. By going here you can do battery laptop settings.
Do not place the laptop on a soft surface as this may affect the airflow of the internal fans. So prevent the mesh air vents from getting blocked. This way the laptop will stay cool.
Similarly, keeping the laptop on the bed and couch etc. will attract threads and other particles and dust and reduce the efficiency of the laptop fan.
Kevin advises that cleaning the sensitive internal parts of the laptop is very important and that the store has cleaning cans (cans) that do a thorough cleaning without affecting the equipment.
Another of his tips is to keep the software of the laptop updated so that it can work well and quickly on the software level. These updates are available for both Windows and iOS.
