Is there any setting to make a laptop with low battery run faster?
Hi,
I have an old Dell Latitude D630 laptop with Windows 10 installed.
The battery displays as 0% available (plugged in, not charging) when charger plugged into laptop.
When charger is plugged out from laptop, the laptop turns off.
I find that because the battery is always 0% that the laptop may be running slower.
Is there any setting to make the laptop run faster?
Thanks,
Robbie
I have an old Dell Latitude D630 laptop with Windows 10 installed.
The battery displays as 0% available (plugged in, not charging) when charger plugged into laptop.
When charger is plugged out from laptop, the laptop turns off.
I find that because the battery is always 0% that the laptop may be running slower.
Is there any setting to make the laptop run faster?
Thanks,
Robbie
dbrunton
It's called a new battery.
The low battery can affect the productivity of cpu but only if the battery is ok. When it has less than 10% Windows 10 reduces for power saving purposes the productivity. As soon as you connect the power it goes again to full speed.
So in your case the solution would be either to get new battery or keep laptop always plugged to charger.
So in your case the solution would be either to get new battery or keep laptop always plugged to charger.
If plugged in, the laptop will not run slower because it is charging. Not on any of our client laptops.
Check to see if other causes exist (run Disk Cleanup, Disk Defrag and restart)
Check to see if other causes exist (run Disk Cleanup, Disk Defrag and restart)
Honestly, a Latitude D630 is stone age (2007) and I doubt that the slowness comes from its battery being incorrectly detected.
But please see if you can force the power scheme to "high performance" and measure.
But please see if you can force the power scheme to "high performance" and measure.
commonly, battery doesn't contribute a lot to slow performance except you have changed the default power profile against CPU and disk usage when running on battery.
if you could upgrade your 2007 laptop with a new SSD drive, you will see the old bird to fly again.
if you could upgrade your 2007 laptop with a new SSD drive, you will see the old bird to fly again.
I just serviced a D850, if it is anything like the one the OP is referring to, then he should uninstall windows 10 and install windows 7. I found Windows 10 was a non-starter on this laptop, Windows 7, although not a whole lot better was better. The windows 10 installation was so bad I had to step away from the computer after clicking on the start menu - it took that long to come up.
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Very good answer noxcho, and thank you John, Thomas boao, McKnofe also.
Perhaps I should have added more details:
It is a very old laptop.
I do not intended to buy a battery for it.
I just use it to lend to a few people that are travelling and it lend it to them when they arrive on their holidays for a few weeks a year.
I have my own good quality laptop that services my needs.
I know about defragging and removing apps and freeing up disk space etc.
I was wondering, even though it will be plugged into the mains power at all times, does it detect that the batter is at 1% and as a consequence, irt reduce its performnace to match the situation unytile the chare increase ( obviously it never increases as it uis a faultty or old battery)
Perhaps I should have added more details:
It is a very old laptop.
I do not intended to buy a battery for it.
I just use it to lend to a few people that are travelling and it lend it to them when they arrive on their holidays for a few weeks a year.
I have my own good quality laptop that services my needs.
I know about defragging and removing apps and freeing up disk space etc.
I was wondering, even though it will be plugged into the mains power at all times, does it detect that the batter is at 1% and as a consequence, irt reduce its performnace to match the situation unytile the chare increase ( obviously it never increases as it uis a faultty or old battery)
> Perhaps I should have added more details:
If so (no hardware upgrade to be expected), as suggested by Thomas, Windows 7 is your choice. my additional two cents: disable those W7 services not required in your scenario, such as File and Print Sharing, NETBIOS over TCPIP etc.
If so (no hardware upgrade to be expected), as suggested by Thomas, Windows 7 is your choice. my additional two cents: disable those W7 services not required in your scenario, such as File and Print Sharing, NETBIOS over TCPIP etc.
I forgot about that - I set the win 7 install to "performance" of fastest so it looks rather like XP.
Also you can remove the battery since it is doing absolutely nothing and run with just the power cord. As stated by everyone else above not much you can do but acquire a new battery and that in itself may not fix the slow speeds. You can certainly mess with some of the 'power' settings or performance of the laptop to some extent.
https://www.howtogeek.com/240840/should-you-use-the-balanced-power-saver-or-high-performance-power-plan-on-windows/
From the link above:
What’s the Difference?
Each of these power plans is actually just a different group of settings. Rather than tweak settings one-by-one, though, these “plans” are designed to provide an easy way to switch between common groups of settings. For example:
•Balanced: Balanced automatically increases your CPU’s speed when your computer needs it, and reduces it when it isn’t necessary. This is the default setting, and it should be fine most of the time.
•Power Saver: Power Saver attempts to save power by reducing the CPU’s speed all the time and lowering screen brightness, among other similar settings.
•High Performance: High Performance mode doesn’t lower your CPU’s speed when it isn’t being used, running it at higher speeds most of the time. It also increases screen brightness. Other components, such as your Wi-Fi or disk drive, may also not go into power-saving modes.
Remember tho this may not help improve performance much at all. But could help a little.
https://www.howtogeek.com/240840/should-you-use-the-balanced-power-saver-or-high-performance-power-plan-on-windows/
From the link above:
What’s the Difference?
Each of these power plans is actually just a different group of settings. Rather than tweak settings one-by-one, though, these “plans” are designed to provide an easy way to switch between common groups of settings. For example:
•Balanced: Balanced automatically increases your CPU’s speed when your computer needs it, and reduces it when it isn’t necessary. This is the default setting, and it should be fine most of the time.
•Power Saver: Power Saver attempts to save power by reducing the CPU’s speed all the time and lowering screen brightness, among other similar settings.
•High Performance: High Performance mode doesn’t lower your CPU’s speed when it isn’t being used, running it at higher speeds most of the time. It also increases screen brightness. Other components, such as your Wi-Fi or disk drive, may also not go into power-saving modes.
Remember tho this may not help improve performance much at all. But could help a little.
"does it detect that the batter is at 1% and as a consequence, irt reduce its performnace " - again: no, it does not, but if you want to make sure, set the power profile to high performance and see if it makes a difference.
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you could uninstall all software that's not needed, or disable it at startup
the smaller the OS becomes (with installed programs) the fater it will be, though in most cases hardly noticeable
things that can help :
-how much ram does it have? usually 2 GB, but you can install upto 4 GB
-what disk does it have? standard is 80 GB with 5400 rpm drive; this can be switched to 7200 drive, or fastest, an SSD drive of say 128 Gb, which can be found for around 50$
make your choice
the smaller the OS becomes (with installed programs) the fater it will be, though in most cases hardly noticeable
things that can help :
-how much ram does it have? usually 2 GB, but you can install upto 4 GB
-what disk does it have? standard is 80 GB with 5400 rpm drive; this can be switched to 7200 drive, or fastest, an SSD drive of say 128 Gb, which can be found for around 50$
make your choice
Right click the windows start menu, select System>Advanced system settings. Under the Performance section click on Settings and select the bullet "Adjust for best performance" this will help a bit for the speed.
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