Scary battery life!!!

hi!!

my laptop runs for 2 hours, 30 minutes with wifi off and screen on max bright, doing nothing (just in the desktop with the wallpaper, without screensaver) is that normal for the following laptop??

-core 2 duo T7700
-2gb ram
-nvidia 8400gs
-14,1" high bright screen
-6 cell battery (maybe 9? xD, because it sticks out of it!)
thank you very much

Merry XmaS!!!

 

Wich laptop?

 

For the 6 cell battery ,yes it`s normal. You can get upto 4 h if you im the light and disable the wireless...or even more.

 

if your doing NOTHING ... it should last a least 3 hours ... or am i wrong? mine has survived straight 2 hours with wireless..

maybe its the grafic card ... i use GMA 950

 

What brand and model? Batterylife varries from brand to brand. For example, Asus has crap batterylife.

 

hmm....i dunno....the 8400 isnt supposed to be that much of a power hungry card.

i mean my bloody 17" with a friggin x1900 (lights dim all around town when i turn it on) and it survives for about 2hrs 10mins.

then again....everyone is right...which company is your notebook made by?

 

its a compal

 

It's sticking out? It's probably 9-cell because it's sticking out because mine's like that. That's odd. Only 2 1/2 hours doing nothing? Mine lasts up to nearly 3 hours while surfing the net, full screen brightness using the GF Go 6600. When I'm using the GMA900 it boosts up to over 4 hours.

Then again, I did lower the voltage of my processor using Notebook Hardware Control. Search for that app in Google along with the corresponding tutorials for safe undervolting of Core 2 Duo processors.

 

Wow. With my 9 Cell even playing games I get from an hour to and hour and a half.

 

lol. I get like 40 minutes to my battery if i do anything but keep the lid shut xD

 

Dim the screen. It sucks up almost as much power as the CPU.