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    what do u do with your Battery for your R3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by OoksOo, May 12, 2011.

  1. OoksOo

    OoksOo Notebook Guru

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    How do you disable your battery for your R3?
    what do you guys do with ur battery? do u leave it on or take it out?
    Btw i just got my R3><
     
    OoksOo, May 12, 2011
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  2. Jas71

    Jas71 Notebook Evangelist

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    I leave mine in fully charged most of the time when I am at home, the laptop stops drawing power from the battery when it is fully charged and plugged in.
     
    Jas71, May 12, 2011
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  3. Anthony@MALIBAL

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    Modern batteries don't need much extra care compared to older ones. The chips inside them tend to limit overcharging, so the only real issues for batteries anymore are overheating and age. It's not uncommon to have a battery lose 10-20% of overall capacity per year just due to the nature of lithium batteries. (no matter what you do to care for them, short of removing it and leaving it sit for a year- which still won't prevent wear entirely). Batteries aren't made to last forever- but they should last as long as most laptops are kept in active use regardless. You'll probably replace the laptop for a newer model before the battery.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, May 12, 2011
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    my battery is on the Box
     
    DARCODER, May 13, 2011
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    Typecast NBR's Tamed Zombie

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    I never take my r3 off my desk so Im just using ac power everytime and still leave the battery on in case the power fails.
     
    Typecast, May 13, 2011
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    I leave it in and use it as a glorified UPS. Occasionally I'll use the R3 as a laptop as well. RAID and write-back cache enabled, don't want to take any chances with power failure.
     
    shadowyani, May 13, 2011
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  7. N4TUR3

    N4TUR3 Notebook Guru

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    what he said just keep the battery in besides sooner or later we will have to replace our battery
     
    N4TUR3, May 13, 2011
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    I leave it in never know when you might need a fully charged laptop
     
    lukimonki, May 13, 2011
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  9. sfara

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    As the m17x is my desktop replacement i removed the battery from the computer at about 50% and put it someplace cool.
    If you read about batteries you should know that a completly empty or completly full battery will loose capacity way faster so store it at half procentage. Also...keep in mind that hot temps are their worst enemies.
     
    sfara, May 13, 2011
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    davewm24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What kind of battery life are you guys seeing with the R3 for general usage?
     
    davewm24, May 13, 2011
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  11. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm able to get about 5 hours if needed, with my last computer with 6970m/2630qm I was able to squeeze about 5.5ish hours if needed.
     
    DaneGRClose, May 13, 2011
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  12. N4TUR3

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    yup same here i managed to get 5 hours of battery life but in powersave mode/alienfx off/and using the internal IGP

    with the 6970M enabled i get about 3 hours of battery life.
     
    N4TUR3, May 13, 2011
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    That is pretty impressive. Id like to see switchable graphics implemented on all alienware systems. Its an incredible step forward when you consider the versatility that a machine like the R3 offers vs an R2 or M18x.
     
    davewm24, May 13, 2011
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