Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries
Microsoft has a great article on how to conserve your laptops battery supply using hibernate features available in “most” windows installations. I really think this is an overlooked feature available to Microsoft customers. Read the full article
- Open Power Options in Control Panel. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Power Options.)
- Click the Hibernate tab, select the Enable hibernate support check box, and then click Apply.
- If the Hibernate tab is unavailable, your computer does not support this feature.
HowTo fix a laptop power cable with Repair4laptop.org
The thought of repairing your own laptop can be painful. There are lots of little screws, springs, prongs, nuts etc. However some PC shops will not even fix laptops and recommend you contact the manufacture for repairs. So what is one to do when their laptop power supply breaks? Should you contact your laptop manufacture and see about a warranty? Or do you try to mend it yourself and save time and possibly some money? Repair4laptop.org has a great guide that covers in detail, with pictures how to repair your laptop power supply cables. The guide features Apple and PC models and the list is quite extensive.