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    12.11 Beta Decreases Battery Life?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by trayeberle, Oct 29, 2012.

  1. trayeberle

    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys. I figured I would bring up this topic and see if anyone else is experiencing similar issues. I have been using the default drivers since I got my NP9170 in June. Like many people, I had been waiting to update my drivers for when a release actually made a difference. So I updated to 12.11 on release date and since then have experienced a drastic decrease in battery life. I'm talking 50% decrease. I just wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar issue. :confused:
     
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    i think i am getting about an hour less =\
     
    sssgood, Oct 30, 2012
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    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Same here. If not a little more. Before, I could make it through a 2 and a half hour class on a full charge and performance mode but now I can't even make it an hour and fifteen minutes. It's such a shame...
     
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    mahalsk Notebook Consultant

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    not for me, everthing seem to work just fine, I had it in school today, and on powersaver it lasted more than 2 and half hour, and still like 35 percent. I was doning mainly autocad and web browser with display brightness to 30 percent.
    Also I red on anadtech that a new bios update sholud increase battery life by a lot.
     
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  5. trayeberle

    trayeberle Notebook Consultant

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    Power saver is different... Before, I could leave my laptop on high performance and have it last that long.
     
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    Are you overclocking at at all now?
     
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    I take that back. Before I used to get 3hrs+, now just around 1hr and 30 mins, almost half!!! I feel the fan runs alot more now days too
     
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    If you apply the registry mods to unlock overclocking you prevent the dedicated card from turning off.
     
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  9. trayeberle

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    I don't think I did that? I use AfterBurner occasionally but that's about it. How would I check?
     
    trayeberle, Oct 31, 2012
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