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    Question about p-7805u battery life

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by greent4, Mar 22, 2009.

  1. greent4

    greent4 Notebook Guru

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    How long is the battery supposed to last for?

    im looking at the vista power manager thing and it keeps goin up in down in time but the % is always decreasing. it seems weird.

    i am light gaming by the way(maple story)

    my power plan is balanced
    and im running on battery
     
    greent4, Mar 22, 2009
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  2. gamadaya

    gamadaya Notebook Evangelist

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    It's probably estimating how much time you have left based on current activity level, so it makes sense that it would fluctuate a little. I can get my 7811 to run for about 5 hours on the 9 cell battery, but that's under very light use. Maybe 3 to 4 hours for your level of use, depending on your screen brightness.
     
    gamadaya, Mar 22, 2009
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  3. ktr

    ktr Notebook Consultant

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    about 2.5hrs with the screen dimmed, and on balanced power plan.
     
    ktr, Mar 22, 2009
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  4. greent4

    greent4 Notebook Guru

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    ok thx. one more question though

    is a 3d mark score of 9217 average or am i off?
     
    greent4, Mar 22, 2009
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  5. ktr

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    that is more or less the average.
     
    ktr, Mar 23, 2009
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    b0mbshell Notebook Guru

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    9217 is the average. Anything around 9000 is actually normal for this laptop, give or take a couple hundred. Mess around with drivers and overclock and you'll be able to gain a couple hundred points. So that score's fine.
     
    b0mbshell, Mar 23, 2009
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