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    Battery life doesnt change even when I change my settings

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by platon20, Nov 10, 2007.

  1. platon20

    platon20 Newbie

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    I have an Acer Extensa 4620z. It has 3 different power settings: power saver, balanced, and high performance.

    I have used each of these modes and the battery life is 2 hours regardless. Even if I manually change my display brightness to the lowest level, its still 2 hours.

    This doesnt make any sense to me.

    Its a 6 cell 4400 mAH battery.
     
    platon20, Nov 10, 2007
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    RobertDrake Notebook Consultant

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    Same with my Aspire 5100.
     
    RobertDrake, Nov 10, 2007
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Is this "2 hours" the estimated reported time or the time that you actually get once you have adjusted your settings?

    I get roughly 2.0-2.5 hours on balanced depending on what I am doing, and if i turn everything down/off that i don't use, over 3 hours.
     
    goofball, Nov 10, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    I have Aspire 5920 with 4800mA Battery & i get roughly 3+h with high performance & all depend on the task i do
     
    bigspin, Nov 10, 2007
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    platon20 Newbie

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    No, its the time I actually get. I let the computer run down on battery in high performance, power saver, and balanced and its always 2 hours regardless.
     
    platon20, Nov 11, 2007
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