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    How much battery do you actually get out of your 1810TZ?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by loudog3114, Dec 17, 2009.

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    Battery bar is holding pretty steady for me at 7:10 at total capacity. This is with brightness generally being at one step from the lowest, cpu at 1200, wifi, lan, etc on, and steady use of web/outlook/video without giving enough time for the screen to turn off. Wondering if I should be trying to squeeze out more or if I should be happy.
     
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    hello. hi?
     
    loudog3114, Dec 18, 2009
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    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    7:10 is fine! But battery life really depends on what you're doing, it's difficult to compare with others. I get everything from 5-8 hours...
     
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    Battery bar fames itself as the most accurate battery life indication... I don't believe it. It was wrong on my 1810tz.

    It also messed up the Windows battery life prediction. I wouldn't recommend anyone to install it on the 1810tz.

    Better start measuring your battery life by hand.

    Use RMClock for better battery information.
     
    Phil, Dec 21, 2009
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    does RMclock works on win7 64-bit?
     
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    I wonder what kind of usage acer put on the laptop to get the 8+ hours of battery. I generally surf, use rdp, and check emails all day, and battery bar right now is indicating 6:19 total run time... with display all the way down, and everything but wired lan off.
     
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    I wouldn't trust Battery Bar. Better time by hand. Notebookcheck and Laptopmag both got over 8 hours with real life surfing tests.

    Although your RDP usage may be spiking CPU usage.

    Some tips to increase battery life:
    -set windows power management to Energy saver
    -use flashblock in firefox
    -set intel graphics properties to max. power consumption.
    -use undervolting
     
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    What do you use to undervolt the u4100? rmclock only detects the 6x multi, and wont drop it past .9v anyway. Even with the unlock vid reg entry.
     
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    I sold my 1810tz, never tried undervolting it.
     
    Phil, Dec 22, 2009
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