ZDNET's key takeaways You can run a report to check battery health in Windows 11.This report provides details on capacity, ...

Has the battery performance of your laptop noticeably declined? Here's how to generate a report in Windows to help you ...

Most laptop and CPU makers encourage you to upgrade your PC because its performance can’t keep up with the latest hardware. But there’s another, more compelling reason that’s largely ignored: Your ...

You don't have to sacrifice on performance when your laptop runs on battery power. Use these tweaks to save power without limiting performance.

Laptops powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are clocking in at about 20 hours of battery life. Ditto for notebooks powered by Intel’s “Lunar Lake” chip. But isn’t that number way, way more than ...

If your laptop battery isn't charging, first make sure there is no problem with your power adapter and cable. On a modern laptop that charges via USB-C, make sure you're using the right USB-C port.

If your laptop’s battery doesn't last nearly as long as it first did out of the box, then it might be time to replace it. The lithium-ion batteries used to power most laptops degrade over time with an ...

The honeymoon period for the hugely popular Eee PC appears to be over. Not only is it under attack from a number of copycat machines such as the MSI Wind, but it's also getting stick from people who ...

First, if you are resetting your laptop while on Battery, connect it to the charger and turn on the power supply. If, despite connecting the charger, you receive the ...

If after changing the CMOS battery your computer won’t boot, this article will help you fix the problem. CMOS battery provides continuous power to the BIOS chip. BIOS chip stores all the BIOS settings ...

Lithium Ion batteries brought greatly increased battery life to laptops, but that did come at a cost: the risk of battery fire. As noted by Consumer Reports, a lithium ion laptop battery membrane that ...