Guidelines to maintain laptop



In digital age, laptops are important gadget for professionals as well as housewives to operate their daily operations.  Therefore it is highly significant that people must take good care of laptops to do their work smoothly.


There are many ways to maintain laptop to run without disruption:
1. Users must know that life of laptop relies mainly on the condition of its hardware. It is necessary to keep hardware healthy.

They must keep display and keyboards clean. If proper care is taken then computer’s display, keyboards, and tracking pad have a long life. However, these components can also be easily get scratched through careless handling.  While working on computer, users must not eat meals or keep food and liquids near to laptop to prevent any unintentional spills or stains. It is necessary to regularly wipe the screen with a lint-free cloth and clean out the keyboard using forced air.

Another important tip to maintain laptop is that users must not overheat the laptop. It may damage hardware. To monitor the temperature of computer, use System Mechanic’s DriveSense which displays the temperature of drive, as well as real-time data on up to 46 other indicators of drive health and reliability. If the temperature is high, make sure air can flow and circulate around computer and that the exhaust fan is not congested. It is important to clean the fans and inlets with compressed air. These components often get blocked with dust.

To keep laptop safe, it is must to use a case. Laptops are designed for portability, but these electronic equipment are also delicate. While most laptop models are quite robust, it is recommended to keep it in a padded cover to protect it from the unavoidable bumps and shocks.
For long life of electronic equipment and defence from virus, it is necessary to install antivirus software.

2. Another tip to maintain laptop is to take care of software. For long lasting of equipment, it is better to keep its operating system and other software of latest version. For smooth functioning of operating system, make sure that users have installed and updated antivirus software. It is highly important for the life of laptop that antivirus software in laptop detect and destroy viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs. Another way for efficient operation of laptop is to clear out system clutter. It is a best practice to eliminate clutter for the long life of laptop.
Keep PC adjusted and make modification with time, laptops accumulate issues that weaken their steadiness such as obsolete settings, excessive start up commands, and registry bloat etc.

3. It is vital for users to maintain hygiene while using laptop. They must clean hands for smooth use of pad.

4. Another guidelines to maintain laptop is to protect the LCD display monitor. When users shut laptop, make sure there are no small items, such as a pencil or small ear-phones, on the keyboard. These can damage the display screen if the laptop is shut on them. It is suggested to close the lid gently by holding it in the middle.

5. To avoid unnecessary damage, it is recommended to hold and lift the computer by its base, not by its LCD display (the screen). Lifting it by the screen alone, the display or the hinges attaching the display will be damaged.

6. When battery is charged, users must not pull on the power cord. Tugging power cord out from the power socket rather than pulling directly the plug can cause the cord to break off from the plug or damage the power socket.

7. Sometimes users roll their chair over the computer cord. It is a bad habit and not recommended to do such activity. Always try to keep the cord away from the floor and legs.

8. It is necessary to plug accessory devices into their proper slots. Always look at the symbols on the laptop carefully before inserting devices.

9. Users must handle any removable drives with care. CD drives that have been removed from laptop could easily be crushed or dropped.

10. Insert drives into their slots carefully and at the correct angle. Pushing the drive too forcefully into its slot could jam it.

11. It is not recommended to expose laptop to rapid temperature changes. When bringing laptop indoors during winter, do not turn it on immediately. Instead, let it warm to room temperature first. This will avoid any possible damage to the disk drive from condensation forming inside the machine.
12. It is a normal fashion that users carry laptop while moving in car. They should not leave their laptop in a car. It may attract thieves.

13. It is also recommended to visit computer shop and get the laptop serviced by computer professional. If dust accumulates, the system will not be able to cool itself properly. Heat can damage the motherboard.

14. Users must be careful to keep the laptop in right place and avoid placing heavy materials, such as books, on top of laptop. This can push the LCD screen into the keyboard, and will ultimately damage it.
15. Users must store their laptop in a well-ventilated area. When you are using your laptop, do so in a place that has a constant air-circulation.

16. For cleaning, users can use an old toothbrush the area around the exhaust fan screen. If that gets plugged up, air flow will diminish and overheating can occur.

17. It is better to keep the laptop on a flat, clean surface. This prevents damage to the laptop.

18. Most important point is that users should not work on laptop on the bed. Repeated use of a laptop on the bed will cause the fans to suck up the dust and rubbles in the bed and this may results in choking of the passage of inlet air of cooling fan.

Lastly, highly important tips to maintain laptop is to take care of battery:

Battery is vital part of any laptop whether new or old one. Users must work on laptop batteries by unplugging their laptop from a power source until it's at low battery. Keeping laptop plugged in all of the time is not good practice for long life of battery. Additionally, be sure to remove the common drains on your laptop battery life by minimizing screen brightness, closing unnecessary programs and turning off Wi-Fi when it is not in use.

Another precautions to increase battery life of laptop is that users must not expose the battery to high heat. Do not leave battery in car in the summer. Hot batteries discharge very fast. Plug laptop charger adapter into a UPS and not directly into a power outlet. If users have a nickel-metal hydride battery, it is recommended to completely drain and recharge the battery once a month to maximize its capacity to hold a charge. For new battery packs before use, it is recommended that battery to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity.

It is not suggested to leave a battery in a laptop while using an electrical outlet for long periods of time. This will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the battery. Users must adjust screen brightness. If you are using Windows on your laptop, there is a Power Options option in Control Panel that helps to optimize power usage.

Users can set the laptop to become inactive when not in use for some time. There is also an option to adjust the display brightness on the laptop. This may allow continued battery life.

Program Overload. Users are recommended to run only the programs they are using at that time. Programs that run in the background use more system resources and drain laptop battery life. 

Users can keep a spare battery. Some laptops can run with two batteries. Some laptops are also compatible with external batteries that can be easily added when required.


In essence, Laptop is part of daily life of humans. They perform manifold task on laptop that make life comfortable. Electronic equipment like laptop need full care for its long life. It is imperative to have proper knowledge of laptop operations so that users can handle device appropriately and follow above tips to maintain hygiene while using laptop. Technological giants have facilitated us with wonder gift in the form of laptop. Regular care and proper handling can increase life of laptop and users get ample benefit from this electronic gadget. 

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