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post #1 of 12
12/4/06 at 5:38pm
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Hey does any one own an aus v1j if they do can they please tell me what sort of time does windows or NHC think the battery will last.
as mine at full charge on low power nothing running wireless bluetooth of and low brightness i am only getting
2:20
what is every one else getting why am i geeting so low???
thanks
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post #2 of 12
12/4/06 at 6:02pm
That's not so great, is it? It is along the same lines as the battery life of the Z96J, though. hrm...
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post #3 of 12
12/7/06 at 7:16pm
mselley, i have done some digging up the V1J with Yonah gets roughly 3 hours 30 minutes, while you state your Core 2 Duo V1JP only get 2 hours 20 minutes... that seems odd, i suggest you redo your test, also tell us exactly your settings, like screen brightness, power mode, tasks, wifi, bluetooth, USB devices...everything possible to figure out why your battery life is what it is.

Also, can i ask a question, does your Webcam on the V1J swivel? meaning it can turn around and look behind the laptop?

Thanks,

MysticGolem
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post #4 of 12
12/7/06 at 9:42pm
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nope the camera does not swivil im am sure
also when im getting about 2:20 at max is when i have
proccesor on lowest setting
underclocked Graphics card
lowest Brightness
bloutooth off
wireless off
and just work or excell running ????
my first battery got to 60% wear rate withi a month and my second battery is already on 12% after a few weeks
what i wrong please help
thanks mark
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post #5 of 12
12/8/06 at 1:30am
There is definately something wrong, it does not take a couple of weeks to get 12% battery wear, within 4 months your battery would seem to have 100% wear and would be useless. Contact your reseller, and ASUS regarding this issue, this is not the first time an ASUS laptop has done this to batteries.

This can be a circutry problem or a battery problem or both, together make the problem worse.

On average peoples' battery wear should be 0.5%-1% per month, depending on usage, but generally that is how it is for all brands, unless something is going wrong, or the user abuses it for some reason.
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post #6 of 12
12/10/06 at 11:37am
Sometimes the battery wear level is displayed incorrectly by programs.
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post #7 of 12
12/10/06 at 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by usapatriot
Sometimes the battery wear level is displayed incorrectly by programs.

That's somewhat true, there's a huge thread in NBR regarding how good programs are at telling real numbers. The conclusions were pretty much all programs are correct, and can be easily backed up by a battery life test.

In the case of Mselley, 12% wear, on a new battery, this is bad, and needs to be replaced, then Mselley indicated the battery life to be 2:20, which is lower than usual, since most V1J get 3+ hours from what i've read.
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post #8 of 12
12/10/06 at 4:07pm
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17% battery wear now
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post #9 of 12
12/10/06 at 10:05pm
It seems to be tacking on 5% per week, yikes!!! As you alraedy did, contact ASUS and your reseller and let them know about this problem.
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post #10 of 12
12/16/06 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by mselley
17% battery wear now

Oh goody, more ASUS battery problems.

That's definitely not normal and as the rep from MilestonePC said, contact your reseller/ASUS.
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post #11 of 12
12/27/06 at 12:06am
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24% battery wear now lol what a joke i am on holiday at the moment so i will phone them wen i get back this is just a joke. i hope they dont ask for the laptop back if they do im keeping the hard drive from it lol im not installing everything again :O
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post #12 of 12
12/27/06 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by mselley
24% battery wear now lol what a joke i am on holiday at the moment so i will phone them wen i get back this is just a joke. i hope they dont ask for the laptop back if they do im keeping the hard drive from it lol im not installing everything again :O
the only thing they should need is the actual battery.
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