10 LAPTOP MAINTENANCE TIPS FOR BETTER LIFE OF LAPTOPS
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1. Clean It Right,
The screen is the most expensive component of your laptop.
Adequate care must be taken while choosing the cleaning spray. Harsh sprays
could turn the screen yellow, and may even cause cracking. Use plain water or
vinegar to clean the screen.
2. Placing The Laptop
Hard drives work on the property of magnetic flux, so any
electrical field may damage the hard disk and the data on it. Make sure your
laptop is at least 13 cm away from any electrical appliance that generates a
strong magnetic field – such as a microwave oven.
3. Give It A Breather
If you have just shut down your
laptop, give it 30 seconds before you start it up again. This ensures that
the hard drive has spun down, and is no subjected to sudden switching
on and off.
4. Data Backup
Always back up your
data. Laptops are mobile devices, and are susceptible to breakage. Also, it’s
possible that the hard disk simply crashes. Remember, you can never back up too
frequently.
5. Laptop Battery Care
The bane of most laptop users is the
lack of a really long battery life. There are three main types of laptop
batteries:
Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
Lithium Ion (Li-ion).
Nickel-Cadmium This type of battery must be fully discharged and then
fully recharged every few weeks. If you don’t do this, it will quickly lose
battery life due to what is known as the ‘memory effect’. The memory effect
means if you don’t follow the above procedure, your battery will only charge up
to the percentage of the last charge.
6. Keep Your Battery Healthy
Before the first use, charge the batteries for 12 hours or the
minimum charge time, as mentioned in the manual. For daily use, charge the
battery to capacity, then run the laptop on battery power until it is
completely drained (for Ni-Cd or Ni-MH batteries, this prevents the memory
effect) or almost drained.
7. Battery Storage
If you do not use your laptop for extended periods of time – a
week or more – remove the battery pack from the laptop, but only after
discharging it fully. The batteries should be stored in a cool dry place,
removed from heat, humidity and dust as well as metal objects.
8. Use A Laptop Case
It is advisable to spend a couple
of thousand rupees and get a sturdy carry-case for your laptop. It should be
able to absorb shocks and carry your laptop accessories.
9. Keep Eatables Away Obviously
no eating and drinking
near or around your laptop. The least bit of water could short-circuit some
sensitive laptop circuits, and render it useless.
10. No Hard Booting
You may sometimes be tempted to turn
your laptop off by simply holding down the power button until it powers down.
Although quick, this method is harmful to the laptop and could cause data
loss. A hard reboot should only be used as a last resort. Sometimes this
is inevitable, for instance, when Windows hangs. But this should not be a
regular practice.
These steps when followed will help your laptop in many ways as
a little care in maintenance will go a long way in increasing your laptop’s
life.
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