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    JH Battery Life

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by apachehavok, Dec 6, 2011.

  1. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok I love this laptop but what can I do to get the battery not suck.

    I have the latest video bios, main bios, the modded video bios so the memory runs super low on battery (verified) and have nothing running when I started

    I disabled the wireless and watching an SD movie I get about 43min of battery life.

    Is it just that bad??

    Thanks
     
    apachehavok, Dec 6, 2011
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  2. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Download batterybar and make sure your battery doesn't have excessive wear.

    I got around 1.5 hours max on my G73Jh with the GPU clocked all the way down and with the CPU in a power saver mode.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 7, 2011
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  3. mite_jan

    mite_jan Notebook Deity

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    43 minutes is definitelly not normal
    the GPU clocks are the main factor for baterry results/
    i have mine at 70/100 when on baterry ;)
     
    mite_jan, Dec 7, 2011
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  4. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

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    ok cool. Will try battery bar. Ill post with update!

    Yeah its odd. I have my GPU at 150/100 so I wonder if my battery is just dying
     
    apachehavok, Dec 7, 2011
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Watching videos will reduce your battery life compared to other things like using MS word, 43 mins still seems a bit low though. Have you checked to see if you clock up to 405/1000 when watching videos? That would explain the poor battery life somewhat.
     
    tijo, Dec 7, 2011
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  6. JOSEA

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    I get up to 2.5 hours at 90/130 Video clocks, lowest brightness setting and sound off , while not gaming, just surfing, email etc. My battery will give less than 1 hour on the setting Tijo mentioned while gaming.
    AllurGroceries, Battery Bar tells me discharge rate is approx 20mW
     
    JOSEA, Dec 7, 2011
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  7. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    2.5 hours? :eek: What is your power consumption measured with batterybar?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 7, 2011
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