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    12 Cell battery life only 2 hours-downgrade to f.16 BIOS?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jbachandouris, Dec 2, 2007.

  1. jbachandouris

    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    I have f.28 installed and even with RM Clock power saving, my dv6375us only gets 2 hours battery life with wifi. I have read others getting 4-5 hours. Could I at least get 3 with f.16?

    T7200@2Ghz, 2GB ram, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 video card (128MB dedicated?)
     
    jbachandouris, Dec 2, 2007
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  2. ejl

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    have you checked your battery wear? also, is this hp's battery or is this from some random maker?
     
    ejl, Dec 2, 2007
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    jbachandouris Notebook Geek

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    I have not had the battery for a year yet and it is an HP battery.

    It has given me only 2 hours from day 1.
     
    jbachandouris, Dec 2, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    its probably the actual battery not the BIOS
     
    timtravel42, Dec 2, 2007
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    well, i would use a program like rmclock to check out the battery wear. if it is significantly low, then i would give hp a call to get a new one. i would also check your discharge rate. maybe something is constantly running in the background that is draining the battery.
     
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    How can rmclock check battery wear? I have the program, but have not seen anything that could do that.
     
    jbachandouris, Dec 2, 2007
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    Under battery info, Battery Device: Primary, see 'Designed Capacity' vs. Fully Charged Capacity. The lower the fully charged capacity is compared to designed capacity, the greater the wear.
     
    mystery905, Dec 6, 2007
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