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    L701x Battery Life

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ferocity02, Jun 2, 2011.

  1. ferocity02

    ferocity02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    L701x
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    i7 Q840
    6Gb memory
    1 640Gb HD
    Oversized battery
    GT 445M

    I'm lucky to get more than 3 hours of battery life when using the computer for light work (no games, no videos, no music, etc), and that's using Dell Extended Battery Life, screen brightness turned all the way down, keyboard backlight off. When new, it would go for 4-5 hours.

    Does this sound right? Anything to look for?
     
    ferocity02, Jun 2, 2011
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    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    How long have you had it for? If you use the battery a lot and drain it down all the way then it'll have reduced capacity.
     
    funky monk, Jun 2, 2011
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    ferocity02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've had it for 6 months. I've drained the battery down to under 10% about a dozen times.
     
    ferocity02, Jun 2, 2011
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    Harry1994 Notebook Guru

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    yes that sounds fine to me, batteries dont last a great amount of time, cold conditions help them along a little so find a guide on youtube to show you how to freeze the battery or something to improve battery life.
     
    Harry1994, Jun 2, 2011
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  5. msuspartan

    msuspartan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I feel like dell could have done better than 3 hours...
     
    msuspartan, Jun 2, 2011
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    ExMM Notebook Evangelist

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    3 hours is very good! I am lucky if I get 2 and half...
     
    ExMM, Jun 3, 2011
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    Jeez well I have the older XPS M1730 and i get 2 and a half with it.
     
    msuspartan, Jun 3, 2011
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