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    Windows overdraining my battery.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by JCMS, Feb 2, 2009.

  1. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    The thing happened to me first on 7 milestone 3 back in november and restarted today on Vista SP2.

    Basically, my battery is being drain at an astonishing rate. I'm usually doing 1:10-1:30 but now I'm doing 20~40 minutes!.

    The first time I fixed it by re-installing Windows. What could be the problem?
     
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  2. jisaac

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    try running on power save mode... its most likely your battery dying.
     
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    Yes I'm on =S

    But it also takes a really short time to charge up. I'll try re-calibrating it at home tonight.
     
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    KimoT Are we not men?

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    I have had this happen to me in two different situations. The first was a dying battery. Would charge to full, and drain faster every time. The second was when I upgraded to Vista and it did not support my chipset so power management did not work (older computer w/o Vista drivers available). I would suggest recalibrating your battery and checking your drivers. If that does not work, it is probably the battery.
     
    KimoT, Feb 3, 2009
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