Bam Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I've got a year old Dell laptop and recently (month or two) I've been using it off the plug/out of house a LOT. I've noticed it only lasts like 1.5-2hours. Is that normal? I could've swore I bought this laptop for long battery life, like 3.5hrs - 4hrs. Are there some settings I could change or something to get more life out of the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Reduce screen brightness. Also, xp has an option under power management for longer battery life. Something like "Always on", "Max battery", "Desktop", "Laptop". Also should be able to acess this by right clicking the battery icon in the system tray. Normally this scales the processor back and saves some power there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 The batteries they provide in those things degrade rapidly. To extend the battery life you have to turn down and shut down everything you can. 802.11, disable when not in use, screen brightness, volume, blue=tooth (off if not needed) all that. If the life is still a bit anemic, you need to get a new battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 1.5hrs is amazing these days hah you should be happy it lasts that long actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 By the way, what is the battery chemestry in your laptop? LI Ion, NI-MH, or other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black00ws6 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I've went through about 3 batteries in my latitude.. Those things are pieces of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I've went through about 3 batteries in my latitude.. Those things are pieces of shit. Ive got 3 dead ones at my desk here from ones at work.. I agree, they suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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