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Battery,Charging And Centrino

post #1 of 8
2/9/04 at 10:09pm
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Ok i have about a week with my I8600 and i note that when that lap is off and charging there is not indicator to tell you that is fully charge. u have to turn it on and go to the bios or go to windows. this is my question. Does this affect my Battery in the long run. does it over charge that battery. I have a PDA (not from Dell) and it turn Red when is charging and then after is fullly charge it change to green and it stop charging the battery. Can some Let me know the truth. how this really works.other thing i can never seem, to get my Centrino to work At 1.3 unless im conneted to the wall. Not even if i put it on Home/Office Desk (in the power management) and it never pass 600 MHZ. yah i know is cool and all the it save u battery but thre are sometime that i want my lap to run Full speed. i mean i just dont get it. it doesnt pass 600MHZ after is unpluged. Help or let me know if this is a Bug of some sort. I only have 1 week i can still send it back and get a refund.Is this normal for all Centrino or is this just my lap. and if this is normal is there anywat to override that.

1.3GHZ, ,256MB of ram (already Upgraded i have 1GB NOW 2X512 Kingmax), ,4X DVD-RW, ,40GB HD, ,15.4.



Thank you
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post #2 of 8
2/9/04 at 11:13pm
You con turn over your laptop and on the Actual battery is a tester meter. It wont tell you if its full but it will tell you if its above 79%
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post #3 of 8
2/10/04 at 1:19am
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i dont know i most be blind man cuz i dont c notting around the back that would tell me notting. please take a pic if posible or something so i can c. and how about the cetrino and how to get it to work at max with out the AC
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post #4 of 8
2/10/04 at 3:25am
Its On the actual battery and you have to press a button on it its the only thing that stands out on it. You can force full power in the Bios
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post #5 of 8
2/10/04 at 7:49am
About it showing 600mhz, i have a 1.7 and it does the same thing. I'm assuming you're noting CPU speeds by right clicking on My Computer. I have noticed though that it shows as running on 1.69 ghz sometimes and even when i have it plugged in, sometimes it shows its running at 600mhz. I'm pretty sure your system is running at full throttle when you have it plugged in. I'm sure its an XP bug.
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post #6 of 8
2/10/04 at 11:09am
Fixed in Service Pack 2 so i hear
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post #7 of 8
2/10/04 at 1:18pm
Does forcing full power in the bios sustain the 1.7 ghz speed? Is the 8600 supposed to run at a constant 1.7 or does it intentionally drop itself down to save the battery?
Should you set it to 1.7? If so, does SP 2 do this? I'm a little fuzzy on this topic?
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post #8 of 8
2/10/04 at 10:15pm
You know i never tried go for it john smith!
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