The ASUS U36Jc gets up to 10 hours of battery life
Just a couple years ago getting 4 hours of battery life out of your notebook was probably the best you could really hope for. We’re glad to say that things have definitely changed for the better.
Nowadays long-life ASUS notebooks like the U36Jc, U31Jf, or U33Jc Bamboo, come equipped with up to 10 hours of battery life! And if that weren’t impressive enough, battery life for some netbooks and pads can reach even higher – up to 16 hours in some cases.
With that much running time you can easily “say no to power cords” – leave your power cord at home and use your notebook for a whole day of lectures and tutorials without having to worry about finding an outlet to charge up between classes.
So just how can you get the most out of your notebooks battery? We have a few easy tips:
Eee Pad Transformer with optional docking station for up to 16 hours of battery life
1. Dim the screen
This is the biggie. Even with energy-efficient LED backlighting on every ASUS notebook, your notebook’s screen still sucks TONS of energy even though most of the time you don’t really need your notebook at full brightness. So if you’re in a dim lecture hall or studying late at night, dim your screen to 50% or even 30% for massive energy savings.
2. Turn off Wi-fi
Your notebook has a hard-switch for wi-fi for a reason! Your wireless antenna is constantly searching for connections and using up battery. If you’re in lecture and busy taking notes, shutting off your wi-fi is a no brainer. Same thing goes for Bluetooth.
Eee PC 1015PEM with up to 13 hours of battery life
3. Close Background Applications
Have a huge list of open applications on your taskbar? You’re wasting power! Although Windows 7 represents a huge improvement here, those background applications are still using up CPU power. If you’re not using Photoshop anymore or you’re done with PowerPoint for the day, turn it off and reap the power savings.
4. Put it to Sleep
If you have your notebook set to “do nothing” when you close the lid you’re wasting energy! Set your notebook to “sleep” or better yet, “hibernate”, between classes for big power savings. Plus, your notebook won’t heat up in your bag between classes and you won’t have to worry about damaging your hard drive from impacts when moving around since it will be in sleep.
5. Get NVIDIA Optimus
If you’re currently in the hunt for a new notebook you definitely want to get one with NVIDIA Optimus auto-switching technology! What Optimus does is enable you to have not one, but two graphic cards on your computer.
First, an Intel integrated graphics card that saves power and works great for things like word processing and web surfing, second, a powerful NVIDIA graphics card to kick in when you load a game or movie. NVIDIA Optimus switches seamlessly and automatically between the two so you are always using the most efficient card at all times.
Have any tips you don’t see here? Leave a comment and share ‘em!
Hi, i’m using asus k50AB laptop and i need a durable and long life battery. Secondly can batteries of other firms(hp, del etc) fit into my asus pc? Help please!
PLEASE Asus!!! Please put a GIANT battery in the Padphone. If you want to be taken serious and grow in the phone market get it right the first time!
some great tips, cheers for sharing
How about tahucpod? There are owners out there speaking about glitching’ tahucpod and so they have to use a mouse instead. There is a workaround, but it voids warranty. Some people bring it to asus service center.Also, I came across reviews describing wi-fi performance as mediocre, like 70 Mbp/s at most which is far from what N standard lets to achieve.
I got my T91MT right before Asus stopped making this model. I needed something cheap and something that has a touch screen. I didn’t really need something fast b/c I needed this for school. However I have gotten around 5-7 hours on a single charge.
I have K series and the internal speakers are giving so much feedback that I can’t listen to music etc is not ‘old’ WHY this problem? ASUS H E L P!
Dear Hermine,
If you couldn’t hear any sound from the speaker neither from the earphones, it has to do with corrupted audio drivers.
How do I do anyof these things you mentioned?
Could i get that much out of my g73?
no the g73 is a desktop replacement. maximum battery life on it is in between 30 min to 1 hour.
2 hours depending on what you do on it, but if you use it to play with the battery then yes about 1 hour or less
when your battery is completly charged and you want to keep working, take out the battery.
sounds a bit silly and dumb, but this will practicly triple your battery lifetime.
Ah, your laptop will not work if you take out the battery? Yes sounds very dumb.
He means like, take out your battery when it is fully charged and you are on AC power, it will increase your battery lifetime.
I have Asus N71JQ And battery work 1h (in every style) xDDD
I’m getting around 3 hours with N61Ja – try turning the screen brightness down, I find that’s the biggest one for me
I got a UL50VT-X1 last year, it really will give you 10 hours of battery life on low power mode. Poor Jack the previous poster says that “Full power savings mode on my laptop looks ugly and I rarely use it, but “quiet office” mode seems to about double battery life.” That’s because ASUS Power4Gear software enables a battery saving desktop (which you can edit with a little effort) and also disables the sidebar. Go to the battery saving tab, and you will see the options on the lower right hand side of the program. You must be in the battery saving tab though.
I got my Asus UL50V in the heat of a moment. I was on a trip and my (non-Asus) laptop crashed for the third time, scrambling its hard drive. There was a retail store near the hotel and the UL50V was there with the claim of “up to” 8 hour battery life.
That was a year and a half ago. Five days a week, my laptop runs on its charger for the workday, then all evening on battery, 500+ charge cycles. As I write this I’ve been up on battery for about an hour – 92% remaining, estimated 9 hr 45 min to go. My screen is dim, and performance is slightly off from full power – but this is the first practical battery powered computer I’ve ever had.
One thing to add to the above article was the power plan setting, assuming you run Windows. This lets the OS throttle things like CPU speed. Full power savings mode on my laptop looks ugly and I rarely use it, but “quiet office” mode seems to about double battery life.
My little Asus netbook with a brand-X extended battery defies physics. I charge it once a week, whether it needs it or not. It’s used about 45 minutes a day at lunch for idle web surfing.