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    Battery usage when in sleep mode?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by noodle9527, Aug 7, 2011.

  1. noodle9527

    noodle9527 Notebook Consultant

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    Is it normal that I put the laptop in sleep mode and over the night the battery went from 100% to 92%-94% in the morning? I checked battery wear and is only 1.7% ( used Hwin ).
     
    noodle9527, Aug 7, 2011
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    For any laptop, battery usage in sleep mode is about 2% of full-on battery life.

    If you get 6 hours of active running battery life, you should get 300 hours of battery life on Sleep mode.
     
    kent1146, Aug 7, 2011
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    noodle9527 Notebook Consultant

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    I guess it makes sense. I have high performance mode making battery 2.5 hrs so about 125 hours and I let it sleep for 10 hrs so about 6% use is normal i guess
     
    noodle9527, Aug 7, 2011
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    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Yeah that seems perfectly normal. If 6% is too much you could always hibernate.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 7, 2011
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