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    Alienweare/Dell M17x Battery Question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cookiemush, May 22, 2011.

  1. cookiemush

    cookiemush Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay so i've googled it a little bit but basicly i have a M17x R3 and i was wondering my bf keeps it pluged in all day mostly gaming too and i told him its not good, beacuse the battery life goes down but he says its fine, also i read a board where someone said put the battery in the fridge will help but does he mean the battery in the laptop or the square plug thingy? i just started today when i play i pull out the cord, so im basicly wondering does it matter if its pluged in all the time? i do still get 3h of play time right now while its unpluged.

    Also off topic, while playing brink my screens sometimse randomly blinks, um anyone know why?

    Any help would be great :3
     
    cookiemush, May 22, 2011
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    Orion916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I cant really answer your questions, but you might wanna post in the alienware section of the forum if you want a reply :) they are helpful over there
     
    Orion916, May 22, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The battery thing will not be a significant issue. I would just leave it plugged in.

    For the random blinking, did you update to the latest GPU drivers?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 22, 2011
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  4. cookiemush

    cookiemush Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay so I posted this in the dell forum, they said to come here, i've googled it a little bit but basicly i have a M17x R3 and i was wondering my bf keeps it pluged in all day mostly gaming too and i told him its not good, beacuse the battery life goes down but he says its fine, also i read a board where someone said put the battery in the fridge will help but does he mean the battery in the laptop or the square plug thingy? i just started today when i play i pull out the cord, so im basicly wondering does it matter if its pluged in all the time? i do still get 3h of play time right now while its unpluged.

    Also off topic, while playing brink my screens sometimse randomly blinks to the desktop and then back to the game, um anyone know why?

    Any help would be great :3
     
    cookiemush, May 23, 2011
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  5. ryan_calif

    ryan_calif Notebook Consultant

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    whaaaaaaaaat?
     
    ryan_calif, May 23, 2011
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    NiteSkie Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you have a plug, you should always be using it. The R3 throttles down when unplugged.

    It should not hurt the battery to remain plugged in. New technology is good...
     
    NiteSkie, May 23, 2011
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  7. sfara

    sfara Notebook Guru

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    Just charge the battery to 50% and leave it in a closet or someplace not very hot. The fridge thing is overkill.
     
    sfara, May 24, 2011
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