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    M11x battery meter fluctuates

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by flavourshaker, Mar 28, 2010.

  1. flavourshaker

    flavourshaker Notebook Guru

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    First of all it was down to 4hr 30 then it went up to 8hr 50 then down to 7hr 10 and now its gone down to 4hr 18 with 88% remaining, does anyone else m11x do this? maybe i need to give it longer to settle
    This is on integrated graphics with fx turned of and halfway screen brightness
    I hope its longer than 4 and a half hours fully charged, some people are getting close to 8 hours on the same settings

    Update: its just gone up to 6hr 38 at 88% lol
     
    flavourshaker, Mar 28, 2010
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  2. unreal25

    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    What you're observing can be explained because it fluctuates depending on what you're doing. For example, when I actually played an HD video and just kept it playing it stayed constant during the entire time of 5hrs 25mins. The battery estimate is sometimes off by +- 10 mins or so, but it's normal. It works pretty nice otherwise.
     
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