The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    power settings for tx650..

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by monster, Dec 26, 2005.

  1. monster

    monster Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    what power settings do you guys use to get maximum battery life?...i've been fiddling around and i can't seem to get the 6hrs that some of you seem to be getting....this is after a full charge as well....any idea?>...thanks..
     
    monster, Dec 26, 2005
    #1
  2. madmike23

    madmike23 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    64
    Messages:
    762
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Most of the time, these listings of maximum of battery life is exactly that- Maximum battery. So if it lists it as 6hr, I'd average that to 4-5 hrs personally. Sometimes their rating is when it's powered on, at very dim settings and left to run dry- that may equal to Max of 6hr battery life.
     
    madmike23, Dec 27, 2005
    #2
  3. bill_clinton

    bill_clinton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I use the Vaio Optimized power setting on the 651 and it is great. After a full charge, I get about 5 hours and 45 minutes. If you turn down the brightness of your monitor though, you get WAY more. i.e. if you turn down to the lowest setting, I've gotten up to 9 hours.
     
    bill_clinton, Dec 27, 2005
    #3