10 Ways to make Your Laptop Live Longer
The
glory of any electronic gadget is to last longer, as much years as it
can spend. The durability of such device depends on its handling and
utility. How it last depends on how the user make use of it. if you
rough handle itm it breaks down so quickly, but if you handle with care
you enjoy the longevity.
Laptops are very fragile electronics that needs to be handled with care for you to enjoy
value
for money. The glory of your laptop id for you use it, get tired of it
because you want upgrade, give it out to a friend or sell it out a very
good second hand deal to get a new or recent one. You will only enjoy
this if you neatly handle your laptop.
When you buy a laptop, either a used or new one, you have to be aware that the life of your laptop in your hands.
From
experience and feedback gotten from a laptop user forum, we bring you
tips on "How you can maintain your laptop to still look new even after
it has spent years in your hand"
1. Always be careful when plugging your power adaptor jack.
The
motherboard is connected to the power adaptor jack with a solder point,
you need to be very careful and you do not need to apply pressure or
force while plugging the jack to your laptop, you should note this, do
not use a loose jack adaptor, replace your charger with another original
if you misplace it or it got damaged, loose jack causes damage to your
adaptor as well as to the motherboard except you got lucky.
2. The cooling system should be cleaned with compressed air.
The
cooling system in your laptop must be cleaned with a bottle of
compressed air and you have to be careful about this. First, you need to
open the case, call for an assistant if you cannot do that, then blow
out the dust from the fan and the heat sink of the cooling system. You
should practice this once a month to avoid stockpile of dust to damage
the cooling system on your laptop. Thereby resulting into over-heating
that now resultantly reduces the speed of your laptop processor, causing
your laptop to get hanging all time. Static-neutral compressed air and
Dust off is good at this.
3.Do not use your laptop on Bed or Soft surfaces.
Under
and at the sides of your laptop are ventilation holes, the holes are
there for your laptop to be able to suck in fresh air that cools down
the system when it is working, using your laptop on soft surfaces blocks
the air spaces and this results in over-heating that could quickly
cause damage to your system.
The best place to use a laptop is on the lap; place it on hard surface whenever your lap is unavailable.
4. You can buy a cooling Pad
It
is no more news that your laptop and other electronic devices generated
heat while working, over heating should be avoided at all cost, the
durability of a laptop depends on the temperature it always work.
Prevent
over-heating on your laptop by using a cooling pad; it reduces the
chances of your laptop failure that results from overheating.
5. You can download a Ccleaner.
Ccleaner
is a freeware system privacy tool for optimization; it deletes internet
history and other files freeing disk space, enhancing the speed of your
computer.
6. Avoid drinking while using your laptop
No
one is above mistake, do not consider yourself perfect, you may spill
some liquid on your laptop when drinking while you are working, liquid
quickly spoil electronics, if it gets to the panel and components, you
may end up spending some hundreds of dollars on replacement or repair.
7. Manage the Battery Life
Over
charging of laptop battery reduces the life span, only charge you
laptop when the battery has reduced toe the minimum level. Also, it is
recommended that you should completely drain your battery once a month.
8. Install an Anti-virus
Computer
viruses and malwares are all over, they damage your computer program
while some are sent to defile your computer security and spy data. An
antivirus secures you from such. There are a number of them available
for free download, but you need a premium antivirus if you want maximum
security. Some examples of popular once include; AVG, Avast, Microsoft
Essentials, Spybot etc.
9. Download your Operating system updates regularly.
This
will give you more features and also avoid your system malfunction,
these generation OS comes with a kind of security and such needs to be
updated to enjoy its full services. Windows update is available on daily
basis.
10. Properly Clean your Display Screen
Your
device will look neat and new whenever you clean them properly, you
laptop screen view will be clearer; this could be adopted as a daily
practice. Soak a tissue in water and use it for the cleaning, use a dry
tissue to clean afterwards. Do I need to tell you to avoid over-soak of
tissue to the extent it starts dropping water on your laptop? You can
get an LCD cleaner which makes your screen shiny and scratch free.
Hope you enjoy this compilation? Feel free to make your contributions.