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    How to use Battery Eater

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by XDViPeR, Apr 7, 2010.

  1. XDViPeR

    XDViPeR Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a HP DM3-1047NR about five days ago, stock with the intel chipset. I'm loving it so far and the battery is keeping me happy (much needed update from my inspiron 1520)
    But now I want some real numbers from the battery usage. I want to know how long I can get from idle and some heavy usage. Did my research, came across Battery Eater and I can't seem to run it. I have no idea how to make it start working. I clicked help and windows 7 doesn't support the older help files, so can anyone please show/tell me how I can step it up so it can drain and tell me what the deal is. Thanks
     
    XDViPeR, Apr 7, 2010
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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  3. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Yeah, I second BatteryBar, I use it, it's great, gives me the most accurate reading.
     
    Joel, Apr 8, 2010
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  4. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Guys, the OP is not looking for a battery METER. He wants a battery EATER. An app that will run the battery down quickly. Typically used to measure battery capacity (benchmarking) or back in the days of NiCad batteries, to do a deep charge cycle.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2010
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  5. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Yeah, and BatteryBar WILL benchmark the battery, that's how the thing runs! It calculates how long the battery lasts.
     
    Joel, Apr 8, 2010
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Joel,

    I use BatteryBar all the time. But it's not exactly the same thing as what the OP is asking about. Similar yes.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2010
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  7. davidfor

    davidfor Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't seen BatteryEater before, but I have used BatteryMon for this.
     
    davidfor, Apr 8, 2010
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  8. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    And how do you know for a fact that it gives you the most accurate reading? Compared to what other apps? Just curious......
     
    Padmé, Apr 9, 2010
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  9. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    It seems that Battery Eater has many issues with Windows 7. Everyone is looking for an update version.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Apr 9, 2010
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  10. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Just rip a couple of movies and re-encode them to AVC or some other ultra high compression codec. That'll keep them cores busy.
     
    olyteddy, Apr 10, 2010
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  11. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Some laptops have a battery run-down-and-measure function built into teh bios.
     
    newsposter, Apr 10, 2010
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  12. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    ^ Yeah, I know Dell's do, well, mine does. But apparently that isn't what the OP is after. :rolleyes2:
     
    Joel, Apr 10, 2010
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