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    M17x R2 battery life is ~1h ...What to do?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Xavier227, Apr 29, 2013.

  1. Xavier227

    Xavier227 Notebook Guru

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    I have had my M17x R2 for about 2 years now and my battery only last maximum 1h30 just after a fresh windows 7 installation. Is that normal or is my battery having issues?

    Thanks
     
    Xavier227, Apr 29, 2013
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  2. Greywolf22

    Greywolf22 Notebook Deity

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    So an hour and 30 minutes on the R2 I would say is probably normal. Depending on what you are doing with it. Obviously if you are gaming I'd expect that the battery life would be even less then that.

    2 years is also about the time that you will see a lot of battery life start to degrade (based on various factors). I honestly never rarely use my R2 on battery life, so only commenting on what I've seen posted and or experienced in the past.

    Others may disagree, but I think an hour and a half on an R2 is right about where it should be.
     
    Greywolf22, Apr 29, 2013
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  3. unphoto

    unphoto Notebook Evangelist

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    It also depends on your hardware! The R2 was not designed to last long on the battery.
    XM cpu's and a 680m already consume way more the battery can deliver.
     
    unphoto, Apr 30, 2013
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  4. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Type real fast.


    (ps: you're not having battery issues. Mine lasts about the same)
     
    radji, Apr 30, 2013
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    unphoto Notebook Evangelist

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    HAHAaaaaaaaaaa
     
    unphoto, Apr 30, 2013
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    .Cameron. Notebook Consultant

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    Mine lasts about (if not slightly less) than an hour and a half. You can reduce screen brightness and underclock using ThrottleStop, but, even then, it's not going to increase to a significant enough degree that it'd be considered reasonable.

    If you think that there is an issue with your individual hardware, you could use a program (e.g. AIDA64) to check the wear level/remaining capacity of your battery to see if a replacement would help.
     
    .Cameron., May 1, 2013
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    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, May 1, 2013
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