Category Archives: Power Saving

Power Saving Mode

My monitor enters power saving mode and then i cannot get it to come back to life, the monitor flashes again and again trying to get a signal from the computer, but the screen remains blank, what do you think could be causing this? The computer is only 6 months old, but the monitor is [...]

How to Prolong Laptop Battery Life – Tips

Its part of your laptops life that one day it’s battery will fail, this is why most laptop manufactures will only give 1 years warranty on batteries. If you want your battery to last longer there are a few steps we can take to help ensure this. Laptop Battery Life Tips Keep your laptop running [...]

Reduced Laptop Battery Life – How We Fixed It

Just recently I noticed my laptop battery life shrank from over 2 hours to less than 45 minutes regardless of how long I left the laptop battery charging . Steps taken to resolve the laptop computer battery issue I was told straight away by a pc repair shop that the battery was faulty and needed [...]

Improving Laptop Battery Life

Improving laptop battery life is something very easy to implement and yet very few people actually look into increasing battery life. With our laptop battery tips your battery may not only last longer between charges, but may also last longer period, which is a good thing as laptop batteries can be very expensive to replace. [...]

Hibernation vs Sleep Mode

Hibernation vs sleep – which is right for you? On the surface hibernation and sleep modes appear to do the same thing, allowing your computer to close down and startup quicker. But there are some major differences, advantages and disadvantages between the two. To begin with sleep (sometimes called standby mode) is actually faster than [...]

Get your Computer Booting Faster use Hibernation Mode

Checkout Hibernation mode if you are looking for Windows fast power down and Windows fast booting Hibernation could be just what your looking for. Did you know there are 2 Windows fast booting modes? There is Hibernation Mode – using this enables your computer to power off in around 15-45 seconds generally and about the [...]

Computer will not Come out of Sleep Mode

If your computer will not come out of sleep mode this can be caused by settings, incompatibility and hardware/software problems. Settings Firstly make sure that there are no settings causing the issue, by this I mean the power saving settings for any hardware should be disabled, if power saving is invoked and the computer is [...]

XP Hibernation Issue and Resolutions

An XP hibernation issue can be a real pain in the you know what, after all like many computer users the beauty about using hibernation with your computer is the ability to leave any amount of applications open, and then have your computer boot up in seconds as opposed to minutes. Generally XP hibernation issues [...]

Pc Entering Power Saving Mode ?

A PC entering power paving mode is one of those things that can either be great or a real bind. This depends on a number of factors. Power saving mode is installed to do a number of things, firstly to help us to be a little bit greener, save a few cents on electricity, or [...]