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    Vista battery consumption at startup?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by wettek, Sep 25, 2007.

  1. wettek

    wettek Notebook Consultant

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    Morning guys.

    I don't know if it's just me, but I have a 4 week old Vaio SZ 483, and whenever I start it up with a fully charged battery, by the time Vista has finished starting, the battery is down to an indicated 90%. Is this normal for Vista?

    Also, after reading threads here talking about boot times, what is everybody defining as the point where the system has booted. ie from pressing the start button to desktop, or start button to desktop where the little circular logo has stopped and is the mouse cursor? It would be good to have a definition.

    Thanks all.
     
    wettek, Sep 25, 2007
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    pcharouz Notebook Evangelist

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    I get the same thing.. I dont know why. Everybody measures it differently, and bootimes dont really matter to me since I mainly hibranate
     
    pcharouz, Sep 25, 2007
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    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    My HP goes down to 98% after boot-up.
     
    kanehi, Sep 27, 2007
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Could it be a calibration issue? Isn't there a way to recalibrate your battery. 90% does seem a little off.
     
    powerpack, Sep 27, 2007
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  5. wettek

    wettek Notebook Consultant

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    Buggered if I know why it sucks the battery. Being only 4 weeks old, I would not have thought it needed a battery calibration. However, no matter what the charge level, every time I crank it up, it takes about 10% off the battery life. Long battery run time, my a**.
    I am thinking about reformatting and installing Vista so I can lose all the Sony crap. Does the recovery partition have all the bloatware as well, or will this just have what I need? Anyone?

    Thanks guys.
     
    wettek, Sep 29, 2007
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    The recovery software should have the option of burning recovery DVDs. Since the SZ was released with XP at one point in it's life cycle there are XP drivers out there. If you have the time, nuke the drive and install XP. Thats what I did for my HP and I have my webcam, mic and everything working perfectly.
     
    Bog, Sep 30, 2007
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    that is if you have xp already, or want to shell out $80-100. If it ain't broke why fix it?
     
    Harper2.0, Sep 30, 2007
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    wettek Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a copy of XP Pro and have downloaded all the XP drivers off the Sony support site, and I think I will just nuke it all (at least it will get rid of the bloatware). Does anyone have any idea though why Vista would drain the Sony batteries like this on startup? Just playing around the other day, I managed to drain my battery just by starting up and shutting down half a dozen times. Absolutely ridiculous.
     
    wettek, Oct 1, 2007
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