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    Battery draining on new 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by darkz999, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. darkz999

    darkz999 Newbie

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    I had my inspiron 1520 (with 9 cell battery) fully charged the night before, and when I turned it on this morning (~6-7 hours later), the battery indicator says it is 93% already. Does this sound right or the battery get drained too quickly?
     
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  2. Sredni Vashtar

    Sredni Vashtar Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think it's the draining after a night's sleep.
    It's the draining after a Vista boot up.
     
    Sredni Vashtar, Nov 5, 2007
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Was it plugged in the whole time or not?

    If not, then obviously it took some power to boot up the machine, that doesn't magically happen w.o any need for power.

    If yes, then there might be a problem with your dc jack/ac adapter.
     
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  4. darkz999

    darkz999 Newbie

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    it takes 7% to boot up windows xp?
     
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  5. darkie

    darkie Notebook Consultant

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    Did you shutdown overnight or put it into sleep mode? If it was sleep mode then that's about right.
     
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  6. Sredni Vashtar

    Sredni Vashtar Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, it's XP. I don't know. Fpr Vista my experience shows a 4-6% for a boot. It has to spin the disk, charge the capacitors, feed current to every circuit...and then boot a gigantic OS.

    There's a way to find oput if it's the boot, though: leave it off for the night, then plug it in right before booting.Booting will drain power from the power adapter and there will be little or no time to recharge the battery. Read the charge immediately after boot. If it's still in the 93% area, then somethng happened during the night.
     
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  7. TuxDude

    TuxDude Notebook Deity

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    Mine usually consumes 3% for booting Vista
     
    TuxDude, Nov 5, 2007
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