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    How Long does your M1330 battery...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by DOHXPSFan, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. DOHXPSFan

    DOHXPSFan Notebook Geek

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    Usually last?, and what do the lights on the bottom mean are the the amount of battery left before recharge or actually the life of the battery?
     
    DOHXPSFan, Apr 3, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    The lights on the bottom represent a percentage of charge. There are 5 lights, so each light represents roughly 20% charge. So if you have 3 lights, its 60% charged.
     
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  3. DOHXPSFan

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    oh ok so it is just charge not the life that is left in the battery until it doesn't charge no more or last at all! thank god thats what i thought it was.
     
    DOHXPSFan, Apr 3, 2008
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  4. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    With an M1330 that i used to own i could get about 4 hours out of the battery with wifi on and bluetooth and Aero disabled in Vista's power saver mode with brightness at about 25%. If i disabled the dvd drive and disabled other devices that i was not using i could get about 4 hours 30 minutes with basically the same settings as above. If i was just to do office work and if I disabled the wifi card i would be looking at slightly longer battery life. I had the 8400GS card with the T7500 processor and the LED screen and a 6 cell battery.

    Battery life as you know will depend on your settings and what you do with your computer.
     
    Rachel, Apr 3, 2008
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  5. DOHXPSFan

    DOHXPSFan Notebook Geek

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    Thanks a lot you all answered the question and it was I had figured and I probably got a little parenoid over it for no reason and wish I new why I did that! Oh well at least I know now. Thanks everyone!
     
    DOHXPSFan, Apr 3, 2008
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    I have an M1330 and I cannot find these lights that represent the charge levels.
     
    mmisterio, Apr 5, 2008
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    asong29 Newbie

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    I can only get about 2 hours at 25% brightness, powersaver mode, and wifi on. I have a T7100, the 8400GS card and a 6 cell battery. Is this normal?
     
    asong29, Apr 5, 2008
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    They are on the battery. There is a button you press and it will light up the LEDs.
     
    atbnet, Apr 5, 2008
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    lennynjnets Notebook Consultant

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    How long should I expect an m1330-t9300,320GB HDD,Nvidia 8400 with a 6 cell to last. How long does it last if your gaming and how long should it last if your doing word processing/web browsing. If possible are those times with brightness all the way up or down
     
    lennynjnets, Apr 5, 2008
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    I have the 9 cell battery and it usually lasts about 4 hrs at most I think, but I mostly do web surfing, offline and online music, Online Games, and a few other things too. I think you should get pretty good battery life anyways at least thats my opinion anyways!
     
    DOHXPSFan, Apr 5, 2008
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    I seem to be getting 3.5 to 4 hours with T5450, Integrated X3100, 75% brightness, LED screen, wifi and bluetooth on, and 6-cell battery.
     
    ZZen, Apr 5, 2008
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