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    Acer 1810tz Corsair Force Series 3 120GB poor battery life

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by freshmike, Dec 3, 2012.

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    freshmike Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I changed my 320GB HDD for a Corsair CSSD-F120GB3-BK Force Series 3 120GB, and my acer's battery time felt from 7-8h to 4-5 h!!
    Any ideas?? I have the latest SDD firmware installed ..

    Thanks
     
    freshmike, Dec 3, 2012
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    freshmike Notebook Enthusiast

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    No one? Ahh come on guys :)

    The original 320 HDD was SATA II. The Force 3 SDD is SATA III but backwards compatible to SATA II .. not sure if this has any impact on the power consumption.
     
    freshmike, Dec 6, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    No SATA III doesn't have any impact on your power consumption. I've looked at power consumption of your SSD but came up with nothing- that's why I haven't answered.

    To be more precise what I came up with looks like this- your SSD is not the most battery-friendly but it's nowhere near as power-hungry as it would have to be to have such a profound effect on your battery life.

    It may be something completely different- you probably made a clean install- make sure that all the drivers and Windows have proper power-saving settings enabled (Wi-Fi, graphics, Bluetooth etc)
     
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    Hi Thanks for the answer ... Nope .. I cloned the C Drive, everything is the same
     
    freshmike, Dec 6, 2012
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    freshmike, Dec 7, 2012
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