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    CF-31 battery life - Possible solution

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Rob, Jul 13, 2011.

  1. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    This is ONLY PRELIMINARY, but, BUT I MAY have figured out the poor battery life on my CF-31.

    Here are some of the steps I took:
    1) I went into the Sprint View software and DISABLED the GPS on the GOBI 2000 card.
    2) I went into the BIOS and ENABLED the OEM, built-in GPS that came with the machine (Similar to the CF-30 OEM GPS, which NEVER caused poor battery life on the CF-30) so that I have GPS ready to go
    2) I also disabled the WWAN (Sprint) through the wireless switch utility.
    3) WIFI is ENABLED and connected and I'm on the website now from my home.
    4) From an initial standpoint I have 1hr 25 min battery life at 16% with screen brightness as one notch below full blast (500 nits).

    I want to test this tomorrow while I'm at work with this EXACT setup as highlighted above with a full charge (31 cycles at this point) to see where we're at!

    ~Rob - checking out tonight, will check back in tomorrow~
     
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    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    Yeah, my attempts are futile! FORGET IT! I'm getting like 4 hours :(

    GAH! Back to the drawing board! :mad:
     
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    It's only going to get worse. You'll be streaming a lot more video as a married man. Is there a test we can set up so we can compare notes? I know my battery will go half a day at idle, but if I get busy the tray meter cuts that by 75%.
     
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