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    5.5 Hours with slice ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nicefella, Dec 31, 2010.

  1. nicefella

    nicefella Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys ill just get straight to business. Ive had my E14 since July and the battery has NOT impressed me. I have an i5 430 (when they offered it) 4 gig ram and radiance but problem is i get 2.25 hours of battery with wifi off & lowest brightness and with slice I get 5.5 (although I have wifi on when I put on slice)....Are these normal times? Seems a bit low and rather unimpressive since the slice adds so much weight and thickness to the laptop.

    Thanks for your time though! Suggestions would be awesome!
     
    nicefella, Dec 31, 2010
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    waleed786 Notebook Evangelist

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    Are using integrated graphics or the ATI? With the ATI, you should get about 3 hours, and 4 hours with the integrated. With integrated+slice battery, it should be about 7 hours. All of this is with wifi on. Something is wrong..
     
    waleed786, Jan 1, 2011
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  3. teflonsuck

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    hi i'm also encountering the same battery problems as ts.
    Could you elaborate more on how to activate integrated graphics?
     
    teflonsuck, Jan 1, 2011
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  4. nicefella

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    Hmm yeah my times are a bit on the low side. I have not done a fresh re-install, how much would that help? Also, teflonsuck, you just right click on desktop and do "configure switchable graphics" and choose your GPU.
     
    nicefella, Jan 1, 2011
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    download the HP battery check program (if it exists, check with HP support) and see what it tells you..if the battery is faulty then they should replace it with warranty
     
    waleed786, Jan 1, 2011
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    Yeah i already got that program...says the battery is fine. Hmm not sure what to do. Thinking about re-installing windows because it seems people with a clean install get more battery life.
     
    nicefella, Jan 1, 2011
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    hmm thanks :)
    how would you do a clean install?
     
    teflonsuck, Jan 2, 2011
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    Szadzik, Jan 3, 2011
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