2010-08-24, 10:21 AM
Fiel Wrote:Do you have cool n quiet enabled?
Does the screen dim when on battery power?
Can your BIOS disable a core on the CPU?
Can you reduce voltage to your CPU or memory?
Can you turn off your hard drive(s) after 5 minutes of no use?
Set your screen to turn off after 3 minutes of no use?
Bolded are the ones I have tried. I have searched for how to do the others lightly and unsuccessfully. It is only on those settings that I am able to squeeze out the 1.5/1.45hours.
kirayamato2 Wrote:Quad core laptops usually don't last very long, around 1.5 ~ 2.5 hours for most. Yes, with the battery upgrade you will be probably looking at 4 ~ 5hrs, but from what I understand, the more cells the battery has, the faster and more likely it degrades since the worst performing cell is the limiter in the battery.
Hmmm. So I'd probably be looking at replacing the battery a few times over the life of a well kept computer?