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    Envy 14 Sb Battery Life

    Discussion in 'HP' started by gxoxkxux, Sep 14, 2011.

  1. gxoxkxux

    gxoxkxux Notebook Guru

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    So I finally got my Envy with the i7-2630 on monday, and a quick glance at the windows battery estimate after using it a little bit said somewhere in the the high 4 hour mark (I don't exactly remember but it was > 4:30). And as of today my batterybar shows a full lifetime of 3:26, (edit) while windows shows 3:50 when available. Can anyone explain what happened?

    Edit 9/18/11: Today my batterybar estimates the life at 2:33 :/

    Important stuff that I downloaded:
    Rainmeter
    Reil's Touchpad
    7zip
    Hon
    Ventrilo
    iTunes
    Skype
    BatteryBar
    Avast free-version

    I'm guessing that rainmeter and the antivirus would/could bring the battery life down, but i'm skeptic that it would take it down 1 hour+. Does this make sense? Is there a less demanding alternative to avast while still providing enough protection?
     
    gxoxkxux, Sep 14, 2011
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  2. OzzieSandoval

    OzzieSandoval Notebook Consultant

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    It takes a few cycles for battery bar to determine a closer estimate.

    Battery bar will also jump around depending on how you use it, it could say 1 hour left when watching a movie, but when idle it might change to 2 hours.
     
    OzzieSandoval, Sep 14, 2011
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  3. gxoxkxux

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    Nonetheless, is it normal for the windows estimate to be that much lower than when it first started?
     
    gxoxkxux, Sep 14, 2011
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    Fiorella Notebook Guru

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    Hm, now that you say it, my battery estimations have gone down too... and I haven't installed much yet... gone from above 4 hrs on full charge to 3:40 or something... wonder why :eek:
     
    Fiorella, Sep 17, 2011
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  5. gxoxkxux

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    Im pretty sad that this is the battery life. On the first day I was incredibly happy that the windows battery showed way above 4 hours for I would've been fine with just around 4 but as of now at 85% it shows 2:45 with the battery bar at 2:33. It shows this time while just surfing the internet and I haven't added anything else since my first post when the bb still showed 3:26 so i'm kinda mad :(
     
    gxoxkxux, Sep 18, 2011
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  6. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    Battery bar is wrong for me. It always shows 1 hour less than what I actually have (via windows battery meter).

    Right now, I have 3:35 on windows battery, but battery bar shows 2:35.
    On the i5, I get 5:30 min on 50% screen brightness. Integrated graphics.
     
    kingp1ng, Sep 18, 2011
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    And have you measured it yourself yet to see if they are even accurate?
     
    Mike415, Sep 18, 2011
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  8. gxoxkxux

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    Yeah, the battery bar is closer to the actual time, give or take 10-ish minutes.
     
    gxoxkxux, Sep 18, 2011
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