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    how long on battery?

    Discussion in 'LG' started by mxw, Apr 3, 2005.

  1. mxw

    mxw Newbie

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    hello everybody, [8D]
    I would like to know, how long are your LG notebooks running on battery...? [ :)]

    in my LG LS50 the battery can stay up to only 2-3 hours [ :(], while specs says "over 5 hrs, up to 6 hrs" (on 6-cell battery).

    so I do not know, if my battery-miser settings are not correct, or battery is out of order, or what? or it is standard? [?] of course, my battery mode settings are all max-battery life... and all I can get is 2 hrs 50 mins max [ :(!]

    my proc is intel celleron M 360 (dothan 1.4 GHz)
     
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  2. Intestine

    Intestine Notebook Enthusiast

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    Battery life depends on multiple factors mxw.
    Screen brightness, performance settings, processor usage/load, programs loaded etc.

    When you say 2hrs 50 min, that's not a good figure for centrino technology, because on the LP60 which is a penitum IV-M, I get 165 minutes of battery life, with normal browsing on wireless, no sound playing, and screen on level 2 brightness.



    LG - LP60
    Mobile Intel Pentium4 3.06 - HT
    1Gb Ram

    15.4" WXGA TFT LCD
     
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  3. ennoia

    ennoia Notebook Consultant

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    Depending what I am doing with it and how bright I set the screen to, my battery life varies from 5 to 8 hours... on the 9 cell, with the LM50 1.7ghz dothan

    on the high "8 hours" end of things, that's lowest screen brightness and not using the laptop for anything really intensive.. so realisitcly it's usally 5-7, when I'm doing work and have the screen at a reasonable level.


    perhaps the celeron is not as good on battery? I'm not sure...

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    LG LM50 / Dothan 745
    jerrett.net
     
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  4. online

    online Notebook Enthusiast

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    This seems odd the normal student gets 5-7 hours of use on the ls50 series. The battery has a 1 year warranty I would suggest contacting the company you got it from and see if you can try another battery. I get 3.5 hours on my tablet LT-20 so you should see alot more than that. Contact me if you need service numbers. Or go here http://www.tabletpc.name/service.htm
     
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