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    Battery not up to par?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by norepinephrine, Apr 20, 2013.

  1. norepinephrine

    norepinephrine Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,
    I have the Samsung Chronos 7 Bestbuy Model (8770), and the specs say that it should have around a 10-hour battery life. However, when I unplug my charger, the bottom right battery icon says I only have six. What gives? I'm using the lowest power-consuming profile.
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    You might be using a low power profile but what are you doing? Various factors affect your run time:

    - Display brightness
    - Active WiFi and Bluetooth
    - Web pages open with Flash running on them
    - Any devices plugged into USB ports

    Samsung (and other manufacturers) use a very low power consumption condition when doing their tests.

    You can check the actual battery capacity using HWiNFO.

    John
     
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