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03-03-2009, 07:48 PM | #11 | |||
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....'scuse me while I go turn on laptop and let the battery run down!
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03-03-2009, 07:57 PM | #12 | |||
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One said to use the pc on battery power until it tells you it's about gone, then plug in to recharge. The other said to let the battery go only 2/3 to 3/4 down, then recharge. Oh, and another said I could leave my laptop plugged in all the time, just let it run down once in a while. And~~ I was talking to India!!!!!! AY YI YI!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least I have a lit up screen, am finally able to get online, have a new battery ordered and have quit cussing about it. my bad!!! I have decided that I am a leetle too dependent on my laptop, as I have allowed ''it'' to make me a frustrated ole lady for the past couple of days.
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03-03-2009, 08:12 PM | #13 | |||
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As you know my laptop is newish. Not in days now, but I've hardly used it much as I'm using this old desk top til it wears out.
But....... it looks like I won't get much time out of a battery, because if I use it for say 1 hour, I get a 60% full reading on the battery meter, so I run it plugged in 95% of the time. I've not been away yet to take the laptop with me out of the house, but that's when I'd be using the battery more. Won't be very good if it'll only last 2 hours on battery. Mine's a Dell Inspiron too DM.
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03-03-2009, 08:14 PM | #14 | |||
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03-03-2009, 08:28 PM | #15 | |||
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I just checked my battery meter. It tells me it's 93% full and converted into time it says 3 hours 22 minutes!!
That would be 4 hours on a full battery charge. Surely that can't be right!
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03-03-2009, 08:31 PM | #16 | |||
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Mine would say 3 1/2 hrs or something like that and then in an hr, the light would flash for low battery. Now, if I unplug it, it says 3 minutes, hence the reason I have a new one coming.
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03-03-2009, 08:41 PM | #17 | |||
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Is it any wonder I'm confused?????
Anyway, I've switched over and am now using the laptop, so I'll see just how long it does last! But......in those minutes since I said it was at 93%, it's already dropped to 81%.
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03-03-2009, 08:59 PM | #18 | ||
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As long as you just have it on and don't do anything...it will last the 4 hours.
No fun in that. It must drop a minute per letter typed huh? I can just imagine what graphics do.
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03-03-2009, 09:09 PM | #19 | |||
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4 hours?
I turned this laptop on half an hour ago and it was sitting with a battery at 93% full. Now 1/2 hr later, it says 56% and 40 minutes remaining, remembering of course that I've never used it before without having it plugged in. Am counting down just how many minutes I do have on the battery without it plugged into electricity, and it's not looking good!
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03-03-2009, 09:44 PM | #20 | |||
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That's how mine was acting Anne. I would give it a full charge and then it would only run a short while on battery. I can't figure it out, as like I said, DS's laptop is a yr older than mine and he's still on his first battery. Me?? #3 ordered. Go figure.
*scratching haid*
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