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    HP Extended Life & Ultra-Capacity Battery

    Discussion in 'HP' started by thegamer36, Oct 5, 2006.

  1. thegamer36

    thegamer36 Newbie

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    Has anyone used one of these batteries with their laptops?
    How are they rated for "real" life usage?
     
    thegamer36, Oct 5, 2006
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  2. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

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    You can easily go beyond 8 hours with these (even 10-15 as they claim). Look here.
     
    vassil_98, Oct 6, 2006
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  3. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Wow, those batts sure beat the 45 minute capacity of my 12-cell. :eek: Either my battery was bad from the factory or my R4000 has the wattage draw of a hair dryer........ lol
     
    R4000, Oct 6, 2006
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  4. amking

    amking Notebook Geek

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    i just wish the extended life batteries on the consumer notebooks didnt stick out on the bottom like they do... out the back like a ibm or dell would be preferable.
     
    amking, Oct 6, 2006
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  5. vassil_98

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    Maybe your CPU is not throttling down! Check the power options and further undervolt. This saves so much battery on my zv6000! I have the 12 cell and can go for some 4 hours but I can't tell you the exact duration as I never have the time to measure it.
     
    vassil_98, Oct 6, 2006
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  6. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ah, I see you have the sister laptop to my R4000. I've been monitoring mine with CPU-Z since I bought it last year and it has been throttling down to 995MHz. I've used different drivers while it was on XP, and presently the Vista driver (each one working the same).

    At first I thought it was just because my cpu is a Newcastle instead of Venice, but I guess that would not really account for such a high drain. Maybe the battery is junk. I can play a dvd movie and watch the battery percentage go down like a timer (I get about halfway through a movie).

    I guess it could be worse. My IBM Thinkpad gets about 3 minutes on a full battery. lol
     
    R4000, Oct 6, 2006
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  7. twister2kf4

    twister2kf4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will have the Ultra-Capacity Battery in next week, coming with nx9420 (c2d 2GZ). I will show the results after I finish testing.
     
    twister2kf4, Oct 6, 2006
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