TLP experts, is there anything more I can do for battery life?
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TLP experts, is there anything more I can do for battery life?
My current config: https://pastebin.com/TkFcUwar
I've read through the entire tlp.conf, looking up things I'm not sure about, I think I have everything optimized for max battery life but I'm no expert. I got a decent boost already, but is there anything that I'm missing that can be improved? Also are there any tips or tricks I should know about?
It's an ASUS K53E, i3 2310m using the iGPU, Centrino Wireless-N 1030(works perfect OOTB), and an SSD running Fedora. The CPU stuff has to stay commented out since it doesn't play nice with this laptop.
There is a system called ACPI that controlled that stuff until systemd and everyone writing a WM added their 'power manager'. You can find or make & configure useful stuff there but it takes reading. With today's laptops, apart from changing from black/white to 'grey on grey' powering off cores, hibernating instead of suspending, hibernating if you pause to break wind, slowing the cpu 50%, there's not a lot you can do. I use mine as a desktop.
What is the health of your battery? Most laptop batteries don't last longer than about 3 to 4 years, even when optimally used. And the ASUS K53E is a 9 year old laptop model. If you have battery problems and the current maximum capacity is less than 80% than the designed capacity, I would not hesitate and replace it. This is because I don't think the readings are accurate when the max capacity drops significantly.
A quick search on Ebay found me a plethora of replacement batteries for about 20 USD. I can really recommend doing so as it is one of the best and one of the cheapest upgrades you can buy for your ageing laptop.
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