Below are ten tips that you can use to save energy usage on a pc and laptop.
A. Adjust the monitor brightness and contrastMaybe for a lay person or novice in using computers, they rarely consider their monitor settings. What is meant in this case is the level of illumination and contrast are set too high will get to spend a lot of energy. So for that you should be able to adjust lighting and contrast, to adjust the monitor brightness and contrast using the button under the monitor.
2. Turn off monitorTips of the two is to turn off the monitor, especially the monitor type is a type of CRT (Cathode Ray Tubel), because these types of monitors consume more electricity. So, if you want to leave the PC is in a long time, you should turn off your monitor.You can also set its Windows to automatically direct die within a certain time, it can be done in a way, click "Control Panel-Options". In "Power Options Properties" tab click the "Power Schemes". Then click the arrow in the "Power Schemes" and select "Home / Office desk". Then select the desired time on the "Turn Off Monitor" and click "Apply" and "OK".
3. Turn off hard disksAlthough we are not doing anything on our computer, but your data will always be read from the hard disk (by the operating system and some applications). For this reason, the hard disk hard disk will continue to spin and of course it will consume energy. If you want to leave your PC for a long time, then you should turn off your PC's hard disk. In the "Power Options Properties" then click the "Power Schmes". Click the arrow in the "Power Schemes" and select "Home / Off desk". Then click "Turn off hard disks" and select the time. Then click "Apply" and "Ok".
4. Turn off other equipmentTurn off other equipment such as speakers, external modem, scanner, Zip drive and printer. Because the equipment was really spent a lot of energy. Often people leave equipment switched on, even when we're out for a long time.
5. Hibernate ModeHibernate mode it is the facility to shut down, but not close or shut down applications that are opened by us earlier. This can be done by Mode "Hibernate". With this mode, the contents of main memory (RAM) is stored in your hard disk. How to do the hibernate mode is as follows, on "Power Options" tab click on "Hibernate". Then click the box next to "Enable Hibernation". Also click on the tab "Advanced". In the section "When I Press the power button" then click the arrow and then click on "Hibernate". Click "Apply" and "Ok". After that press the "Power" on your computer. Hibernate is functioning mode, press the "Power" once again, your computer will turn on and will automatically open the applications you have open earlier.
6. Standby ModeIn order to save energy, we recommend setting the monitor and hard disk are in the lowest part in standby mode. If you want to leave the PC for a while, you should activate the standby mode. But you should know is, when the active standby mode data are not you save may be damaged or lost if your PC is damaged. Should save the data or documents first before you activate this standby mode. Standby mode can be done in a way, click the "Start-Turn Off computer" then click on "standby".
7. Use UPSAlways use a UPS, because this tool can help to rescue data or shut down during a power failure. To set the UPS equipment and the tools to configure the "Power Option Properties" and select the UPS tab. Status of the UPS tab section displays the estimated number of minutes that can be supported by UPS to your PC. In fact many ways to configure the UPS, but this depends on the model and capacity of the UPS is used.
8. Laptop BatteryIf you charge a laptop battery, make sure the charge was completed. Due to the charge that carried a half-half and then resumed, it will actually spend a lot of energy. If you want to travel, you should always take the battery tambaha. To conserve battery consumption. You can use the Hibernate feature / Suspended or use an electric socket that plugs into an outlet.
9. USB portIf when you make use of the laptop and then you put one into the USB port on the laptop, you should immediately be released when it's finished it. Because the equipment is still stuck in the USB port, it can also spend energy on your PC or laptop. Should remove the device if thats enough of usage.
10. Energy Consumption Laptop SchemeUsually laptop manufacturers also include the features and power management software. This software is very useful for laptop consumers, because the software is able to regulate the use of batteries and electric power is being used. In this software there are several options that can be used to determine the burden of hard disks and other energy that is being used by the laptop. Of them know the processor speed or monitor the proper lighting to conserve battery life. This software can simultaneously be a watchdog for us in using the laptop.
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