Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery status, including whether it's time for a replacement.

I sprung for a new battery for the aging x230. It's a GHU from Amazon for $60. The "new"one from Lenovo was $197, worth more than the laptop. So I've got a new battery - what's the best way to test?

Once upon a time, computers were gigantic installations that filled up several rooms, and scientists thought computers would only get larger from there. Instead, computers shrank. Yes, gigantic ...

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When you disconnect your computer’s power supply from the wall, it jumps in to save your BIOS or UEFI settings in your motherboard’s CMOS-RAM (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor). But even the ...

The first step that you should do is perform a hard reset. Sometimes, the problem occurs due to the residual charge. This process will drain out all the residual charge from the capacitors. Follow the ...

Checking the battery status through GUI is easy. Hovering the mouse cursor over the battery indicator given in the Laptop task bar simply shows the battery level. But, did you know you can find the ...

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 ...