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    2 hour battery life out the box

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dansleno1r, Jul 21, 2016.

  1. dansleno1r

    dansleno1r Newbie

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    My XPS 9550 4K Infinity Edge 1TB HDD 32 GB SSD 16 GB RAM NVIDIA 960M arrived today.

    I was aware having read reviews that battery life would be poor, but on the lowest screen brightness I'm getting an estimated 2h 5 mins battery life remaining from full charge.

    Is it typically that bad?

    Also, I'm tempted to do a fresh Windows install as I've read this is a good idea.

    Will this help with the battery life? Can someone link me to a guide on how to do this? I've seen a few floating about but not sure if they are suitable for all XPS 9550 models.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    dansleno1r, Jul 21, 2016
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  2. Andre Hendarman

    Andre Hendarman Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's probably indexing and downloading stuff.
    Wait one or two days and try again
     
    Andre Hendarman, Jul 21, 2016
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  3. GoNz0

    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    wise words.
     
    GoNz0, Jul 21, 2016
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