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    m1730 battery life this horrible always?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Boo Boo, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. Boo Boo

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    took a little over a hour on balanced power to drain to below 10% and just downloading , 50% display
     
    Boo Boo, Nov 22, 2008
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    That sounds pretty lousy to me. So you say you were just downloading some stuff, and that's all the batter life you got? By 50% display, do you mean the display was only on 50% of the time? What size battery?
     
    pixelot, Nov 22, 2008
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    only 1 size for the m1730, 9cell and 50% brightness
     
    Boo Boo, Nov 22, 2008
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    That's awful. No extra insanely bloodsucking processes running? Is this a recurrent theme?
     
    pixelot, Nov 22, 2008
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    You can either get the monter gaming machine or a long lasting notebook



    It's like a fuel efficient Ferrari....they don't exist lol :D


    Sounds about right...kinda sux i know but that's why you get the killer graphics
     
    TurboSL1, Nov 22, 2008
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    miss my 3 hours m1530 but it looks like 1hr max per battery i guess i should geta couple more for the plan trips
     
    Boo Boo, Nov 22, 2008
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    yep sounds about right for the 1730
     
    zfactor, Nov 22, 2008
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    I get just about an hour on my M1730 as a matter a fact my Dell XPS Gen 1 with a P4 CPU and a Radeon 9800 only lasted about an hour so considering the M1730 uses SLI Graphics and has all the lights it isn't all that bad. Remember its a desktop replacement laptop you should expect the battery life isn't going to be spectacular
     
    sonyfxa36, Nov 23, 2008
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    1 h is about what it gets without undervolting, lowering the settings etc.
     
    eleron911, Nov 23, 2008
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    Are you serious? 9 cell battery, nothing but downloading, and just over an hour? That is sick and wrong. Come on, the GPU can't be sucking that much when there's not much going on graphically. :twitcy:
     
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    Yes they can.
    Fast CPU, 2 high end video cards, 2 hdds, 1 physx card and light show.
    1 hour :)
     
    eleron911, Nov 23, 2008
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  12. Boo Boo

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    i dont use the lights, so maybe it still draws the power for them
     
    Boo Boo, Nov 23, 2008
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    No, the components draw the most power.
    The difference between max screen brightness and minimum lays out around 15 more mins...
     
    eleron911, Nov 23, 2008
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    unless you have the lg. the lg gets so ridiculously brigth it sucks the battery a lot faster than the sharp or samsung did. trust me i have had all three and still have the lg and sharp panels in hand. the sharp got me almost 15+ minutes than the lg at full brightness on both. the sharp uses a lot less power.. but lg = 300+ nits sharp = 200nits so you can see why
     
    zfactor, Nov 23, 2008
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    how do you know what screen you have?
     
    Chronic202, Nov 23, 2008
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    check the hardware in of the monitor in the device manager. and trust me i have tested these screens extensively i have 6 screens still sitting here for it. i tried them all lol.. and ones dell doesnt even offer. the lg in all cases or whatever reson had worse battery life probably the lg inverter sucks more juice than the rest
     
    zfactor, Nov 23, 2008
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