The battery life of a laptop is usually about two years. Extension method:
1. If long-term external power supply for the laptop power supply, or battery power has exceeded 80%, immediately remove the laptop's battery, usually charging the battery does not need to be full, charging to 80% or so can be; adjusting the operating system's power options, will be adjusted to the power alarm to 20% or more, usually the minimum battery power should not be less than 20%, in the fall to 20% before that is To charge;
2. Charged power should be immediately disconnected from the power cord (including the charging function of the USB port), has been followed by the battery will be damaged; to often charge, remember to charge, but do not have to be full of batteries; whether it is on the laptop or cell phone, etc., be sure not to let the battery run out of power, the so-called things will be the opposite is the truth.
In terms of hardware life, the laptop is well maintained, 5-6 years is no problem! The more fragile hardware is the battery, the core is easy to break, the general 1-2 years of life!
There's also a Moore's Law issue, where hardware needs to be replaced in 18 months!
It depends on the needs of your work life: if it's a simple text office, you'll have no problem using it for 4-5 years! If it is a drawing or large 3D games, you can use at most 2-3 years, even if the hardware is not bad, you need to upgrade, or your hardware configuration will not be able to keep up with the upgrade of your software!
The cost of a laptop's screen accounts for a large part of the cost of the entire laptop, and it's extremely easy to damage, so we should be well protected. Add a protective film can play a certain role in protection, you can choose some brand-name products, so the effect will be better. With the passage of time, the laptop screen will become more and more yellow, which is the phenomenon of aging lamps within the screen.
Generally about 4 years, with can also be used, just 4 years time, the performance of a good piece of the difference, if you just surf the Internet and so on, but also barely work, but the time is long, the display will be yellow, not so bright, the keyboard will gradually fail, all the components will be aging, then it depends on how strong your machine, the general computer with a 4.5 years is good.
Because of the relatively high requirements of the manufacturing process of laptop computers, so generally speaking, its hardware is rarely within 5 years of too big a problem (unless often a long time to boot, to know that the laptop's heat dissipation is limited, which can not be compared with the big computers), but in fact in the laptop computer LCD is generally the first problem, the normal life of the general liquid crystal is 4 to 5 years, over the time is not a bad thing. After this time is not bad, but there will be uneven color and other phenomena, in recent years the new launch of high brightness LCD in the process of making great adjustments to make the life of 7 to 8 years, but the general life of the conservative life is also 7 years.
Correct choice of laptop cooler:
In the laptop cooler, if you do not choose the right one, not only will not achieve the desired cooling effect, but also affect the life of the laptop hardware. For a laptop cooler, most products use fans and other active cooling methods. Some of the current cheaper cottage laptop coolers generally use lower-cost, inferior fans.
It won't take long for the fan bearings to run out of oil and make unbearable noise. So when it comes to fans we should try to choose those big brands that use hydraulic bearings.
Using sponge or rubber anti-slip feet can provide a more stable fix for the radiator than ordinary plastic feet, and won't cause the laptop to fall because of an accidental bump.
Be careful with hard drives:
While SSDs are a good solution to the lack of shock resistance of traditional mechanical hard drives, their high price makes them a long way from being fully popular. For hard drives that use a traditional mechanical design. Excessive vibration should be avoided during boot-up to ensure that the hard drive is free of physical damage.
Because the distance between the platters and the heads of a functioning hard drive is measured in microns, too much vibration can easily cause the platters to be scratched by the heads when the platters are spinning at 5400 rpm.
While some of the new technologies developed by major hard drive manufacturers have made traditional mechanical laptop hard drives significantly more shock-resistant. However, in our daily use, we should still try to avoid excessive vibration. In particular, try to be as light on your feet as possible when turning on your computer.
Stay away from drinks and meals:
For those geeks and nerds out there, eating in front of the computer is not uncommon. However, there will inevitably be some "point back" of the people, the cup of drinks in the dashing splash to the running laptop. This can cause the keyboard to burn out, or even the motherboard to be damaged.
So, in daily use, we should keep water cups and all kinds of food away from our laptops. For users who like to eat noodles, I believe that all have had the experience of grease splattered on the notebook. If it's on the shell, it's relatively easy to clean up, but if it's in the keyboard, cleaning up may not be so easy.
Regular dust removal is essential:
Dust can be said to be the biggest killer of modern household appliances, especially for highly integrated laptop computers, the smaller internal space and the gap between the heatsinks is more likely to cause dust congestion, thus affecting heat dissipation. When we feel that the laptop's air vents have significant heat, but even when running games for a long time, we can't feel the wind blowing out, so it's time to clean up the dust at the air vents.
If you're in a dusty region in the north and you're using your laptop for long periods of time every day, you'll need to do a full cleanup of your laptop's interior once a quarter to ensure that the air vents are clear.
When a laptop's air vents are completely blocked by dust, the entire vent is completely blocked. After running for a long time, it is easy to cause problems such as crashing, rebooting or blue screen due to the buildup of heat. So, when your laptop crashes and reboots, the first thing we have to think about is whether its air vents have been blocked by dust.
Cautious use of keyboard protection film:
I don't know when, the keyboard protection film of the laptop has been sought after by many people. Although the keyboard protection film can play a role in dust, anti-wear and so on. However, the vast majority of the current keyboard protection film is made of silicone as raw materials, seemingly a thin layer of keyboard film will have an impact on the laptop's heat dissipation.
In a thin layer of the keyboard below, for the notebook's motherboard, when running at high loads, the notebook's CPU and graphics card will generate a large amount of heat. Most of the heat is exhausted to the outside through heat pipes and fans, though some of it still builds up inside the notebook, where it is passively dissipated through the aluminum plate at the bottom of the keyboard.
It's fair to say that the notebook keyboard will also play a role in assisting with heat dissipation to some extent. In the usual time of surfing the Internet or watching movies, the heat of the notebook is not so obvious. Therefore, the choice of keyboard film, but also according to our own laptop configuration and the use of the purpose to decide, if you use the laptop itself low heat, and just used to surf the Internet, watching movies, then the keyboard film is still more suitable for you. And if you are using the laptop to play games, then you have to consider it carefully.
Lastly, let's take a look at how to care for your laptop battery. Like cell phone batteries, most laptop batteries are composed of multiple lithium-ion cells. In terms of daily care and maintenance, we can refer to the maintenance methods of cell phone batteries.
If not in use, fully charge and discharge the battery at least once every three months to keep it active.
Try to avoid exhausting the battery as much as possible, and it's best to charge the battery as you use it to extend the battery charging and discharging times.
The best storage capacity for lithium batteries is about 40%, and the storage environment is a dry and cool place with an ambient temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.
In fact, for lithium batteries, even if they are not used there, their life expectancy will be reduced with the increase of time. Therefore, I do not recommend that those who buy a laptop after the direct removal of the battery "permanent storage" method. Taking it out from time to time can also keep the battery in the best range of activity, but also a relatively simple way to maintain the battery.
The following tips will help you extend the life of your screen.
1. Normally, you need to reduce the possibility of the screen being exposed to sunlight. Use during the day, try to pull the curtains, in order to prevent the screen by the sun, the temperature is too high, accelerate the aging.
2. Do a good job of daily cleaning. For the screen stains, available rag wipe, for more stubborn, to use a little haze. But cut off all power to avoid leakage or water.
3. Reduce the brightness, which can effectively extend the service life.
4. Remember to turn off the screen when you leave for a long time.
5. Never point at the screen with your hand, pen tip and other objects
Extend the life of the optical drive
In fact, the main influence on the life of the optical drive is the laser head, the life of the laser head is actually the life of the optical drive. Extend the life of the optical drive, should start from the maintenance of the laser head, specifically the following ten methods:
One, keep the optical drive, CD-ROM clean
Optical drive uses very precise optical components, and optical components are most afraid of dust contamination. Dust comes from the whole process of loading and exiting the CD-ROM, and whether the CD-ROM is clean is also directly related to the life of the CD-ROM drive. Therefore, the CD-ROM should be loaded into the CD-ROM drive before the necessary cleaning, the CD-ROM not in use should be properly stored to prevent dust contamination.
Two, regular cleaning and maintenance of the laser head
Optical drive after a period of time, the laser head is bound to be stained with dust, so that the optical drive reading ability to decline. Specifically manifested as a slowdown in the reading speed, display screen and sound mosaic or stuttering, when the seriousness of the optical drive can be heard frequently read CD-ROM sound. These phenomena on the laser head and drive motor and other components are damaged. Therefore, users should regularly clean and maintain the optical drive or ask a professional to maintain it.
Three, keep the optical drive placed horizontally
In the process of using the machine, the optical drive should be placed horizontally. The reason is that the disc in the rotation of the center of gravity due to the imbalance and change, slightly when the ability to read the disc can be reduced, and may be serious damage to the laser head. Some people use computer CD-ROM drive to install software on different machines, often remove the CD-ROM drive to take, and even carry around, which is very damaging to the CD-ROM drive. The harm is the optical components within the optical drive, the laser head due to vibration and tilt placement changes, resulting in a decline in optical drive performance.
Four, to develop the habit of shutting down the disk in a timely manner
Once the optical drive CD-ROM, not only when the computer startup to have a long time to read the disk, and the disc will always be in a high-speed rotating state. This not only increases the working time of the laser head, but also makes the motor and transmission parts of the optical drive in a state of wear and tear, invariably shortening the life of the optical drive. It is recommended that users get into the habit of removing the CD-ROM from the optical drive in a timely manner before shutting down the computer.
Fifth, to reduce the use of optical drive time
In order to reduce the use of optical drive time, in order to extend its life, the use of computer users in the case of hard disk space allows, you can often use the CD-ROM into a virtual CD-ROM stored on the hard disk. Such as teaching software, game software stored in the hard disk, so that later can run directly on the hard disk, and has the characteristics of fast speed.
Six, less pirated CD-ROMs, more genuine CD-ROMs
Many friends due to pirated CD-ROM prices and genuine CD-ROM prices have a certain gap, coupled with the CD-ROM content is rich and purchased to use, based on China's national conditions, which is not debatable, but because of the long-term reading of pirated CD-ROMs in your CD-ROM drive, because of the poor quality of its discs, the laser head needs to be repeated many times to read the data. This increases the working time of the motor and the laser head, which greatly shortens the service life of the optical drive. At present, the price of licensed software has fallen significantly, some only slightly more expensive than pirated software, and the optical drive to read the disk is guaranteed. So it is recommended that we try to use as few pirated CD-ROMs as possible in the future to use more genuine CD-ROMs.
Seven, the use of the program to open and close the disc box
The use of the program to open and close the disc box, in many software or multimedia playback tools have such a function. Such as in Windows with the right mouse button click on the CD-ROM disk drive, the pop-up menu also has a "pop-up" command, you can eject the CD-ROM box. It is recommended that computer users try to use software to control the opening and closing of the disk box, which can reduce the incidence of optical drive failure.
Eight, careful maintenance
As all the components within the optical drive are very precise, the user must pay attention to the process of disassembling and installing the optical drive way and method, pay attention to record the original fixed position. If you are not sure, you can ask professional maintenance personnel to disassemble and repair. In particular, the laser head aging, the need to adjust the drive power to increase the laser tube power, be sure to ask a professional maintenance personnel debugging, in order to prevent themselves from adjusting too much, making the laser head burned out.
Nine, as little as possible to put the video disc
This can avoid the optical drive work for a long time, because a long time the optical drive continuously read the disk, the life of the optical drive has a great impact. Users can often need to play the program, it is best to copy it into the hard disk to ensure that the optical drive long life. If you do often need to watch video discs, it is recommended to buy a cheap, low-speed optical drive dedicated to playing VCDs.