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    lengthen battery life of SZ330

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by reverie177, Jan 25, 2007.

  1. reverie177

    reverie177 Newbie

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    I have a SZ330 and the battery life only lasts maybe a little bit more than 2 hours. I just bought this after christmas so I haven't really fooled around with it to see how I can maximize the battery (I actually don't really know what to do in order to do so). I've read that the number of processes running can affect the battery life. At startup, I have 61 processes running. I'm not sure of which ones to turn off/get rid of altogether (I know the computer came with a bunch of useless programs, or whatever you call them). Although I've removed some of the more obvious programs I don't need, I'm not sure about some of the others.

    I'm going to be travelling to LA, then to Australia and would like to be able to maybe watch a movie during the flight without completely draining the battery. Any help would be appreciated!

    Thanks
     
    reverie177, Jan 25, 2007
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  2. megamoz

    megamoz Notebook Consultant

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    Buy an airplane adaptor :)
     
    megamoz, Jan 25, 2007
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  3. reverie177

    reverie177 Newbie

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    Well I was just using the airplane as an example as to why I want the battery life to last longer
     
    reverie177, Jan 25, 2007
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  4. roor

    roor Notebook Deity

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    put it into stamina mode, put the brightness as low as you are comfortable with. turn off all the devices you're not gonna use. you. set it on vaio maximum battery, i get about 3 1/2hrs.
     
    roor, Jan 25, 2007
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  5. BaNZ

    BaNZ Notebook Consultant

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    There's usually some good movies on the airplane.
     
    BaNZ, Jan 25, 2007
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    hoolyproductions Notebook Evangelist

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    Is Trusted Reviews exagerrating? One of the reasons I'm thinking about an SZ is because in addition to being 300 - 500grams lighter than the competition, the battery life is supposed to be way longer.

    According to the Asus W7J review on here, you can get three hours on that. So the Vaio SZ only manages an extra 1/2 an hour!? :(
     
    hoolyproductions, Jan 25, 2007
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  7. elizabex

    elizabex Notebook Evangelist

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    Totally depends on usage and settings.
     
    elizabex, Jan 26, 2007
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  8. hoolyproductions

    hoolyproductions Notebook Evangelist

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    yes I appreciate that, but roor is saying that in ultimate battery with all non-essentials turned off he only gets 3 1/2 hours... that to me is already a maximum battery life...
     
    hoolyproductions, Jan 26, 2007
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