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    Battery Drain

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by keeners, Oct 25, 2009.

  1. keeners

    keeners Newbie

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    I recently did a clean install on my lappy following Stallen's Clean Install Guide.
    I installed all the drivers for my Lenovo 3000 N100 in the order Stallen recommended and the ones for my laptop.

    Before the clean install, my battery life was about 2 1/2 hrs unplugged, give or take. NOW, it's less than 45 minutes. :confused:

    The battery is a replacement that Lenovo sent me just before my warranty expired about 2 years ago. This laptop is usually plugged in, once in a while I'll use it unplugged so that the battery drains and re-charges.

    I've checked the battery options, and made a Power Saver profile for using it cordless, but I still have less than an hour of battery life.

    Can anyone shed a light on this? Anything further that I need to do?

    TIA
     
    keeners, Oct 25, 2009
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  2. intoflatlines

    intoflatlines Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe you should reset the battery.
     
    intoflatlines, Oct 25, 2009
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  3. jaredy

    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    Or some cells could have gone bad too.
     
    jaredy, Oct 25, 2009
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  4. keeners

    keeners Newbie

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    HOW do I do that? :confused:

    Always a possibility. :mad: I would prefer to check out all options before $helling out for a new battery.

    I'm open to all suggestions, so bring them on.

    TIA
     
    keeners, Oct 25, 2009
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  5. keeners

    keeners Newbie

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    Bumping for more ideas...
     
    keeners, Oct 27, 2009
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