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    Hp envy Gen 1 battery

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Fasailmac, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. Fasailmac

    Fasailmac Notebook Enthusiast

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    looking at purchasing one from futureshop, getting a decent discount, it has the i7 6gb of ram, 4830 graphics. It comes with both 6 cell and 9 cell, my question is, that is there anyway for me to get 3 hours from the 6 cell battery, with just office and wifi. Is there a way to underclock the processor a lot to do this, disable cores temporarily
     
    Fasailmac, Mar 8, 2010
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  2. wild05kid05

    wild05kid05 Cook Free or Die

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    I get 2:30h idle on the 6 cells, 4h wifi on + net + word on both 9 and 6 cells batteries
     
    wild05kid05, Mar 8, 2010
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  3. Meever

    Meever Notebook Evangelist

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    No way to get 3 hours realistically. Not with a i7 burning through the battery life.
     
    Meever, Mar 8, 2010
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    Anyone haev time displayed while on battery. My system only displays Percent. It doesn't give me a time frame of usuable battery left.
     
    newfiejudd, Mar 9, 2010
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    i am trying to find a solution for displaying the battery time with percentage instead of using other programs , but still can't find nothing
     
    beige, Mar 9, 2010
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    Meever Notebook Evangelist

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    Download Battery Eater. It's much more accurate than the built in estimates after a few charge cycles.

    HP has a bad habit of removing that feature from their consumer lines from the Bios, downloading a third party software is the best alternative.
     
    Meever, Mar 10, 2010
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    use Battery Bar. It gives lots of info about your battery life.
     
    computerstriker, Mar 10, 2010
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