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    M1330 Battery Wear?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chuck232, Nov 8, 2007.

  1. chuck232

    chuck232 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Anyone having any problems with battery wear with their XPS M1330s? After a nightmare with ASUS Z71 battery wear problems, I had hoped I'd get away from it, but after only 3 months with the M1330, my 6 cell's up to 14% wear. 9 cell's still holding up at 0% wear luckily. Full capacity for a 6 cell is ~57700mWhr for those that are interested in checking.
     
    chuck232, Nov 8, 2007
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    My 9 cell had 2x% wear after a month of usage, got it exchanged.
     
    ACHlLLES, Nov 8, 2007
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    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    How do you check the wear and tear?
     
    f4ding, Nov 8, 2007
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    yeah, what is the best way to check?
     
    bmnotpls, Nov 9, 2007
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    ACHlLLES, Nov 9, 2007
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    Or you could go into BIOS and turn on battery auto-learning.
     
    link1313, Nov 9, 2007
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    chuck232 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I don't think I've seen this option in the BIOS. Any pointers as to where it is?
     
    chuck232, Nov 9, 2007
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think he has that function on his gateway, I don't think we have one.
     
    ACHlLLES, Nov 9, 2007
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