M14x R1 btw.
AlienRespawn said that the battery is at 81% of its max capacity...
This is on the lowest brightness and bluetooth off, and on battery saver...
Averages around 1.5 hours.
I heard on the internet that if I run it under water with the power unplugged, the laptop will be good as new, but i'm skeptical...
Should I send it in or put it in the bath with me tomorrow night?
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buying a new battery, which may probably solve the problem.
Now to the other point, where on earth did they suggest to TAKE A BATH with your notebook?!? I recommend not doing that, unless you want to totally destroy your notebook,
which won't survive a trip like this one and may harm you too... Again, don't bathe with it! -
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I'm not sure what to write...........but this is just too funny.
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but yes it was a serious question. So the battery is effed, does the warranty cover that or should i just buy a new one? It's gonna cost around $80.
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I hate it when people bump threads.
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Is the nvidia gpu running when you're doing daily tasks (web browsing, etc.)? The reason I ask is because Optimus in my computer doesn't know how to switch off the nvidia gpu when at idle, so my battery life is estimated at about 3 hours. So I have to prefer the integrated graphics through the nvidia control panel under the global settings. When I run off the integrated graphics, my battery life shoots up to 7 hours. An easy way to check if your computer is running the nvidia gpu is to just HWMonitor and run it. If it shows the nvidia gpu temps, then it's in use.
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You can follow now the steps bryannn029 mentioned and go to the Nvidia Control Center and set the integrated graphics as default, and
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okay will do thanks
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it seems like it's still on, maybe you should restart your machine.
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It could just be the battery being tuckered out then. How long was your battery life before?
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Where do I find the Open hardware monitor or do I need to download it. thanks
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Google "Optimus tools", you can download it, there are two small programs that can easily tell you if your nvidia gpu is on or off. I have an r1 I do not know for sure if it works with r2.
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Either my GPU has won american idol, or it is working as it should be.
which is sadly bad news as I'm back to square one.
WHY IT NO WORK!
My battery used to last about 3.5 hours... now it tops out at 2.
80% battery capacity... that means that if it was 100%, it would last 2.5 hours... which is still pretty crap. -
Could it be because i updated it to windows 8?
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These tips will help you get more out of your battery life.
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So, its been a month and now my battery lasts about 1 hour and 40 minutes, tops.
my battery went from 80% designed capacity to 74%...
I'm on A08 if anyone cares.
. so pissed off. this computer has gone from not bad to hell. -
1 hour and 40 minutes while gaming? or idle and surfing the web?
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somethings definitely wrong here. I recently updated to windows 8 and I don't recall it ever being this bad, though I don't have specific numbers.
Can I log back into windows 7 somehow and check the battery life? I'm thinking maybe its a driver issue that keeps certain processes on instead of going to standby, like usb or hdd... -
Download HWinfo kiddo and go to battery and tell me battery wear level.
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battery wear level: 26.7% -
battery wear level 26.7% means that your battery is worn out 26.7%, making your actual capacity now 73.3%...
If this bothers you that much, I still recommend, as I did earlier, to get a new battery for your notebook. -
i still think its driver incompatibility with windows 8, but i'll get a battery and see how that goes.
Battery lasting me 2 hours if i'm lucky
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by 12and4, Feb 5, 2013.