how long does your m1330's battery last??

[Rachel]

Try it in power saver mode.
There seems to be quite a big variation in the battery life that you get for web surfing. So you can sometimes can get 2 hours you say and then sometimes you can get 2 hours 50 minutes?
Seeing that people have exceeded that battery life in performance mode i think your battery maybe at fault. Try power saver mode though i am interested to read your results.
I think that the LED screen may help slightly but i don't think that it will really make a major difference in battery life.



Btw, gaming well that will take up your battery life more.

I'm using balanced profile, 5/8, wireless on, bluetooth off.
web surfing = 2 - 2.5 hours
playing Warcraft III = 1.5 hours aprox



PD: i m going to try that battery doubler.. however it seems to unbelievable

[HCW]

4 cell= 2 hours

[Kossel]

hmm I'm sure i have 6 cell, because the battery says capacity: 56mHr

[darthsat]

I get about 3hrs 50mins on my 6cell m1330. This is with aero turned off, sidebar turned off, half brightness, bluetooth off, wifi on.

[computernerd]

So weird... The battery doubler says my battery capacity is at 1hr 15mins. And Vista's battery remaining estimation always gives like four hours at the beginning, but I always end up getting <2hrs. Is there something wrong with my battery?

[Kossel]

vista's battery meter always say i have 4 hours battery life. but i just let my notebook stands there doing nothing, 10 min later it shows my notebook remains 3 hours ...
even i have 2 % battery, it may show like 50 min as remain...

that's crazy...

[xdz3r0]

i wouldnt trust vista's battery meter thing cuz it fluctuates as you work. like you could nothing, and itll say 5 hours or something, and then open something and say 3 hours.

[Kossel]

I just tested twice my 6cell battery

brightness 5/8, wifi on, bluetooth off, aero off, side bar off, mode: POWER SAVER

the only thing I was doing is net surfing, answering post at notebookreview, looking for wallpapers etc..

the first time last only 2 hours and 35 minutes, second time 2 hours and 48 min

do you think i got defective battery? should I call DELL to change it? (would they? )

[xdz3r0]

yeah, you probably should call dell to exchange it or get a new one. if it really is a 6 cell, those are some low scores. sorry, dude.

[ACHlLLES]

you can check your battery wear w/ Notebook hardware control. It's a pretty cool software with no burden on system resources.

http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm#anchor_download

Make sure to download the bug fix version - which is for DELL systems

My 9cell's wear is 25% which is bit too much after only 1 month of use, and dell is replacing it.

Try to do the same thing since battery isn't under warranty - Dell will only replace it if the system is fairly new.