zx5000 battery, heat and stereo bass questions ???

I liked my zx5000 however I have some concern and questions,
I hope someone will help me…

1) Last night I turned down the screen 4 brightness level but I didn’t get any additional battery time, so 2 hours later battery level was 3%. Do you think I have a bad battery? (I ordered 12 cell)
2) After two hours with battery and one hour with power cord I used my laptop total 3 hours and right side did get very hot. Do you think this heat will create any other internal problems?
3) I liked the stereo sound a lot, may be best in the market but I like to have more bass sound. Is there any bass adjustments?

Thanks in advance.

 

i can answer 1 of your questions, Heat shouldnt be a problem the Right side on my Zx5000 gets warm also during use such as gaming. thats nothing to worry about, it shouldnt cause any internal heat problems there are 2 vents that keep the laptop cool.

 

Thans for the info...I was wondering may be one of the fan is not working or I need to do any other adjustment?

 

i dont think they need adjustment, is your laptop unstable locking up, or crashing alot? if thats the case then it might be a heat problem. and as for battery life i wouldnt expect much becuase the CPU is a desktop processor, and Power management doesnt effect it. even if u put it on max battery it will stay pegged at 3200 Mhz in the case of my laptop.

 

Thank you for the advice,
My laptop so far stable and I don't have any lock up problems yet...for the battery, I think I made a mistake and got P4 may be I should go with different chip.
But I don't understand some of the zx5000 owners claims they are getting 3 hours so that is the reason I was thinking my battery is realy made in China.

 

if u wanted battery life mixed with good proformance u should have gotton a CL56 Compel u can get it cheap at www.mwave.com the CPU in the Zx5000 isnt good at battery life the Pentuim M has good battery life 4 to 5 hours depending on the situation. the Speakers on the Cl56 are lackluster tho.

 

Ajvett, thanks for the advice.
I guess I sould be happy what I have...
May be next laptop I will go for the longer battery life and not so hot P4 chip.

 

your welcome with your next purchase consider the CL56.

 

With my system even when gaming the top part of the notebook never gets hot maybe a little warm sometimes never hot. If your using the machine in your lap and your blocking the vents then it will get hot. I usally get 2.5 hours out of mine pretty easy, I've heard with Lithum batters that there maximum charge isn't reached until they have been charged and discharged from normal use a few times so maybe your battery life will get a little better with time.


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