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    Hel80 Battery Woes

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by james987, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. james987

    james987 Notebook Guru

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    Soo..I only get about 2 1/2 hours with my hel80 now which i know i'm being greedy..but isn't enough anymore! I remember when i was running vista i could get upwards of 3 1/2 even 4 hours once! Ive read a little about underclocking/volting my cpu but I can't exactly figure it out as all the utilities i've got for it for some reason don't detect my cpu?? i have a t5500... Anyways, what can I do on XP to squeeze some battery life out? I'm not a compleetee nub, I make sure to turn off my wireless and turn down brightness, close unnecessary stuff etc. Help would be appreciated!

    thanks!
    -James
     
    james987, Oct 20, 2007
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  2. bmnotpls

    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

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    Hu? I've read more than one time, that vista is REDUCING the battery-runtime ...
    How got you 3 1/2 hours with the every-time-busy vista?
    Do you have the big 9-cell battery? And by the way ... if you have one, check if it is plugged in ;)
    2 1/2 hours runtime is near to the upper limit of runtime with a HEL81 (NVidia-Graphics) and the standard 6-cell battery ... or am i wrong?

    PS: For undervolting, i'm using "Notebook Hardware Control"
     
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