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    Dell i6000 Battery Issues

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by phammerz, Apr 19, 2006.

  1. phammerz

    phammerz Newbie

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    Hi,

    I own a 1 year old 6000, and I've been readying around that people are able to get almost 2-3 hour battery life, while my max at any given task is only an 1 hour and 20min. I might have changed some of the default specs in the beginning, but don't remember if I did so or not. Anyways, can somebody tell me how I can get more battery life out of my laptop? PS. I have the regular battery, I think hte 6cell one.
     
    phammerz, Apr 19, 2006
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  2. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    I would have to say:
    1 setting it for portable/laptop for one thing.
    2Adjusting screen brightness to less than 100%
    3 Wifi on only if you're using it

    I was getting 5.5 hours with WIFI off and dimmed to about 1/2
    Real time with multitasking and WIFI was 3.5 hours to 4 Hrs.
     
    titaniummd, Apr 22, 2006
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