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    battery life?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by dandan112988, Jun 16, 2012.

  1. dandan112988

    dandan112988 Notebook Deity

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    Hey i just have a quick question for you guys. Im wondering with all power saver options possible on, what kind of battery life are you guys seeing? On my m17x r4 i get 5.5-6.2 depending on what im doing. Since its smaller, can the m15x get better battery life?
     
    dandan112988, Jun 16, 2012
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    i highly doubt it since with the m17x r4 you can benefit from integrated graphics and with the m15x you have to rely on the gpu. im sure the m17x r4 can last many time longer than an m15x with the 9-cell battery ever could
     
    Mexic00ls, Jun 16, 2012
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  3. onego

    onego Notebook Consultant

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    The battery life on my M15x could only last 2 hours at most with a 9 cell battery (Non-gaming activities.)
     
    onego, Jun 17, 2012
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  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    That is the normal battery life time for this laptop due to the high amount of Power it needs to run all of its components, if you need some advice on how to take care of your battery you can refer to this article.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 18, 2012
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  5. KurtH

    KurtH Notebook Evangelist

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    HAHAHA Battery life whats that. Pulling any type of time out of our batteries consist of it being on and just looking at it.
     
    KurtH, Jun 18, 2012
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    Yeah - I get about 20 mins on full charge with a 920xm and a standard 6 cell. Always been like that since it came out of the box.

    It's the only thbing I don't like about the laptop - other than that it's a top machine.
     
    jarvmeister, Jun 20, 2012
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    Remember to press fn+f2 when your battery is fully charged, it stops it from over charging
     
    Asim_j1, Jun 21, 2012
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  8. Alienware-L_Porras

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    Excellent recommendation :cool: :cool:
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 21, 2012
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  9. Asim_j1

    Asim_j1 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea i figured that out 2 years too late lol, i still get an hour on battery life though so not too bad
     
    Asim_j1, Jun 21, 2012
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