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    Acer 1681 Battery

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by 1-s0uljah, Jun 29, 2005.

  1. 1-s0uljah

    1-s0uljah Notebook Consultant

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    Heya guys.. havent been posting here lately... ive just been lounging.. Ive just been annoying with my battery having such a short life.. the wear is still low.. but it says it should last about 4-5 hours.. its a 4400mAh battery.. How many cell battery is this? I know that the 4-5 is operating on low settings.. i have my lcd set about 50%.. CPU speed at medium(the second speed out of the 4) and everythign disabled except wireless.. So whats going on guys?
     
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm wandering by :p


    Anyways, Most laptop companies show the MAX hours for battery life with EVERY setting on low and EVERYTHING off and the computer IDLING...

    The 4-5 hour thing sold you didn't it? :p

    Pretty sure it sold everyone else, and I fell for it too :eek:
     
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  3. 1-s0uljah

    1-s0uljah Notebook Consultant

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    heh yea i knew it was too good to be true.. but im getting about 50% of the suggested battery time.. that seems abit wrong..
     
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    Its an 8 celled battery

    BtW: wats the battery wear level indicated by mobile meter
     
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    1-s0uljah Notebook Consultant

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    It says my wear level is about 6%
     
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    I'm getting about 3.5-4h on my 8 cell battery on my 1681. The original 4 cell battery is pretty well useless now I'm lucky to get 1.5h out of a charge but I still rotate them every couple weeks so they both get the dischage and recharge cycle done to them.

    Tony
     
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    1-s0uljah Notebook Consultant

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    Hey cman.. how are u getting that kinda time? what are your power settings like? could you take a screen shot of your acer epower management? and send it to me at [email protected] that would be greatly appreciated! thanks
     
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    sure thing, I'll do that tonight since I'm at work right now, I did those posts on my Fujitsu on my lunch break. :D

    Tony
     
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    Thanks alot cman.. could you also check how much mAH it says at the bottom of the battery to make sure we have the same battery? thanks ALOT
     
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    I suggest you unistall the acer epowermanagement and use windows power management

    Then change the settings in power profile to 'Max Battery"

    processor would run at 600mhz and u would get nearly 3.4 hours or more
     
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  11. Cman

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    What's the deal with epowermanagement? I haven't had a problem using it.

    1-sOuljah, sent you an email.

    Tony
     
    Cman, Jul 1, 2005
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