Tips and tricks for boost HP hstnn-ob89 laptop battery life

1) Change Laptop Power Options

Go to Start > Power Options and see which plan you are using. Chances are, it’s the “Balanced” scheme. If you are running low on battery, it’s better to go with the Power Saver option so your computer doesn’t waste any of its limited juice.

If you want to do a task that requires horsepower, then by all means, switch to “High Performance” mode. Just remember to switch back to Power Saver when you’re done. The easiest way to switch is from your System Tray, where the battery indicator is. Click the battery icon and you’ll get options to switch plans.

2) Create Your Own Power Plan And Hibernate

Power Options also lets you create a power plan that you can customize how you see fit. In that, choose to turn off the display in 5 minutes of idle time, and put the computer to sleep after 10 minutes. But a better idea is to skip sleeping altogether and tell the PC to hibernate.

In Hibernate mode, your HP probook notebook is as good as shut down, but it starts up quickly. Sleep mode still keeps the machine running and thus consumes a little HP probook 4730s laptop battery. Plus, things like Windows Update or antivirus scans often wake your PC out of sleep mode to run, so it’s not the best way to save battery if you aren’t going to be around.

3) Manually change your laptop screen’s brightness

The number one cause of your battery drain is your screen. No other part of your laptop draws as much power as the display, and automated solutions—in my experience—don’t work well to balance this situation. The better option is to consciously change your screen’s brightness.

The Easy Way: Once you unplug your charger, immediately reduce your screen’s brightness and keep going low till everything is still legible. As long as you can see it, that’s the point to take it to.

The Hard Way: You might not want to reduce your brightness immediately because of whatever you are using the laptop for. So what do you do then? I use a formula where I divide the battery’s level by two, and set the brightness at that. As the battery reduces, I reduce the brightness—again, going as low as possible till a point where I can still see the screen. The advantage of this method is that if you think you’re going to get to a plug point soon enough, then you don’t end up having a substandard screen experience from the start.

4) “If You Aren’t Using It, Disable It”

The general rule to keep in mind is, “If you aren’t using it, disable it.” So don’t keep a USB drive plugged in if it isn’t needed. Those siphon your laptop’s battery to work, so disconnect it. If you aren’t using your Bluetooth, disable it. If there is an Ethernet cable available, use that over Wi-Fi. Simple things, but when you add them up, you’ll save a lot of battery life.

5) Don’t Panic and Just Use Common Sense

A low laptop battery warning can set off a red alert in your head and panic seeps in. Relax. By now, you are used to changing the settings on their phone to conserve battery. The same things apply to laptops. You know that when there isn’t a Wi-Fi network, you switch your Wi-Fi off; do the same with your laptop. Just like you reduce the smartphone screen’s brightness yourself and disable auto-brightness, do it on your notebook PC too.