Halp. [laptop]

Doron · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:51 am

Question:

Is it normal for a laptop battery to only last like, 1 hour when fully charged and not being charged up at the time??

cuz mine only lasts a total of 1 hour and 11 minuted when I cut him off his energy flows.

that's not right, amirite?

AnemuS · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:22 am

depends on battery life time , and how much its capable of running at all , my for example supposed to work 2 hours but works 1hour50minutes

guess the more the worse it goes

AznFury · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:28 am

try setting the brightness low, that might get you some more minutes.

Snoopy · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:39 am

Sometimes leaving batteries on chargers once they're totally charged can damage them. I've had two mobile phone batteries stuff up because I leave it on charger a lot.

AznFury · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:40 am

Snoopy wrote:

Sometimes leaving batteries on chargers once they're totally charged can damage them. I've had two mobile phone batteries stuff up because I leave it on charger a lot.

+1

yeah. that's why i charge my phone was it's almost dead XD

MiKe 51-50 · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1284 **Location:**

If you have vista you can change the power setting to "Power saver". Did the battery ever last longer then the 1 hour 11 mins? If it did then I think it's been used up.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

I hardly bring my laptop anywhere so i just take out the battery and leave the charger plugged in

Kirkaldi · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 3083 **Location:** nyc

Depends on the laptop. Most laptops don't last only a hour. Your laptop is fvcked.

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

they don't last that long. When the companies tell you that the battery lasts for +2 hours, they're lying. Its more like 50 min to 1 hour so yours is normal

ImmortalKiller · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 675 **Location:** VA/CA

They usually test their "2 hour" limit with low brightness, fan off, no ram-hogging programs...

Seems normal to me though.

XMoshe · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:26 pm

aznfury91 wrote:

Snoopy wrote:

Sometimes leaving batteries on chargers once they're totally charged can damage them. I've had two mobile phone batteries stuff up because I leave it on charger a lot.

+1

yeah. that's why i charge my phone was it's almost dead XD

Same but I'll almost always have my laptop near a powerplug thingy so I don't have to have a long battery time..

user · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:45 am

mine on max performance last 50mins, while battery saving mode lasts a bit less than 4, check which mode you are operating under

ThiefzV2 · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 566 **Location:**

i underclocked my laptop cpu to maximize life time. if i worse a horsepower machine, i'd use my laptop to do some serious cpu intensive task but laptop = mobility and long battery life

Phix · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 716 **Location:** Ephesus

mine lasts only 15 minutes longer, 1 hour 26 minutes.. so yeah gonna suck going to afrika 6 houres flight T_T

Swindler · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:26 am

Mine is running for an hour or so but i think i have damaged my battery.

DumboDii · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 2961 **Location:** Finland

Depends on battery. If it's the one that came with your laptop it usually last 1-2 hours but if you want to use it longer you have to buy an expencive special battery which can last even 6 hours.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

ive learned not to use stock battery, buy a good one online for ur model

BloodyBlade · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:09 pm

Mine lasts like 3 hours when fully charged.
But most options are on low, or atleast minimized.

Silkroad Online Forums

Halp. [laptop]

Who is online