Dell Inspiron 1564 notebook is a mainstream laptop designed with speed in mind, thus giving laptop battery life the cold shoulder. The sum of all the Inspiron 1564’s parts was simply too much for the 48WH (6-cell) laptop battery, which scored 3 hours 29 minutes in MobileMark 2007 tests. Still, others like the Acer AS5740-6378, Dell i1464-4382OBK, and HP dv4-2153cl drained their batteries in about the same time and they run on less resource-demanding parts. Though not as speedy, the ASUS UL50VF-A1 leverages two graphics solution and a big 85WH battery. Thus, it scored almost 8 hours on the same battery test. Like the Dell i1464-4382OBK, I would recommend buying the 85WH 9-cell laptop battery, if extensive traveling is in your future.
How to Extend Your Dell Inspiron 1564 Laptop Battery Life
- 1. Turn down the brightness of your Dell inspiron 1564 laptop monitor
Using your function key (Fn), and the corresponding key to lower the resolution and the brightness on your screen as low as you can will save power. Disable any screen savers as these consume power and it is not necessary to have a screen saver while on battery power. - 2. Cut down external devices
USB devices (including your mouse) & WiFi drain down your laptop battery. Remove or shut them down when not in use. It goes without saying that charging other devices (like your iPhone 5, iPad) with your laptop when on battery is a surefire way of quickly wiping out the charge on your Dell Inspiron 1526 Laptop Battery. - 3. Cut down on programs running in the background
Itunes, Desktop Search, etc. All these add to the CPU load and cut down Dell inspiron 1564 battery life. Shut down everything that isn’t crucial when you’re on battery. - 4. Lay Off the Multimedia
A little in-flight music is nice while you construct that PowerPoint presentation, but streaming music from your hard drive (or playing a CD) means the disk (or disc) is always spinning.
