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How long does your laptop battery last?

post #1 of 10
3/7/05 at 11:17pm
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I just got an 8600 last week.

When i first got it fully charged it would read, 4:00-4:15

Now its reading 3:30 fully charged and seems to drop fast.

Why is this?

jon!
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post #2 of 10
3/7/05 at 11:43pm
i really don't know I will tell you once i got it
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post #3 of 10
3/8/05 at 12:57am
Powerhungry fellows: FULL screen brightness, wireless, games, Quickset=Max performance. My current 8600 can last 4:20 using 97% of batt.
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post #4 of 10
3/8/05 at 1:38am
hit 6:54 hours once at school with fans off, brightness at 1 lvl, wireless on and sound off

Currently, I hit around 4 - 5 hours normal with wireless and 2 lvls below high brightness with sound on

I hit 3:10 with wireless, sound, and brightness at high and playing NFSU2
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post #5 of 10
3/8/05 at 1:58am
You don't happen to have a modular battery do you?
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post #6 of 10
3/8/05 at 2:54am
YEAH, i don't think the base 72WHr 9-cell battery of the 8600 will go as far as 6:54 hours.
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post #7 of 10
3/8/05 at 12:20pm
on the D810 i can get 6 hours of websurfing and things like excel and word. Once i pop in a movie it's more like 4 hours. This is with no modular battery.
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post #8 of 10
3/8/05 at 9:37pm
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Originally Posted by Picard
YEAH, i don't think the base 72WHr 9-cell battery of the 8600 will go as far as 6:54 hours.
nope. i'm too poor to get another battery

and to hit that high, its possible.. just don't do anything low to extreme, read a e-book or something.. thats something
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post #9 of 10
3/8/05 at 9:57pm
your computer is completely overclocked woow !
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post #10 of 10
3/8/05 at 10:08pm
You folks are getting great batteries times. On my i8600, I get about 3.5 hours of actual use before my 10% remaining charge warning sounds off. I run it down to this level about once a month.
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