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    Dell 7520 i5 battery problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by systemof, Aug 11, 2012.

  1. systemof

    systemof Newbie

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    Hi. I have Inspirion 7520. Configuration is:
    Intel Core i5-3210M
    6 gb ddr3
    1tb
    AMD Radeon™ HD 7730M (2GB DDR3)

    I bought this laptop before five days. I installed windwos 7 ultimate 64 bit today and whill i installed and download drivers my batery life was 2 hours.
    whether it is a little? My batery is demage?
    Thanks!
     
    systemof, Aug 11, 2012
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  2. OC-Freak

    OC-Freak Notebook Deity

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    If you installed drivers etc which causes CPU usage and HDD activity it sounds about normal.

    With medium screen brightness and power saving mode you should get around 3hrs with web browsing on wifi. Watching a movie you should get around 1,5hrs. Under load it only lasts about one hour.
     
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