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02-17-2009, 04:43 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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| Ridiculous battery life on Thinkpad
finally i can get through an entire lecture without having to turn my brightness to 0 with wifi off. actually, now i can probably get through a whole day haha!
and no, it's not a bug, the battery meter is hovering around 9h40 - 10h00!
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02-17-2009, 04:45 PM
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#2 | | Media Officer / MOD
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how many cells you got? 100?
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02-17-2009, 04:49 PM
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#3 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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9-cell 
and the computer + battery only weights 3.58 lbs
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02-17-2009, 04:58 PM
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#4 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Which thinkpad do you have?
I have the 14.1" T61 w/ a 6-cell battery and the battery life is ass!  | |
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02-17-2009, 05:02 PM
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#5 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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I say x200/x200s
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02-17-2009, 05:03 PM
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#6 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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I have the X200 with 9-cell battery.
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02-17-2009, 06:51 PM
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#7 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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damn, that is a long battery life!
i have the T60... battery usually lasts for around 5 hours...
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02-17-2009, 06:54 PM
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#8 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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those meters dont mean anything though.
Mine usually starts with 8 hours...but i end up with 6.5-7 hours.
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02-17-2009, 08:37 PM
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#9 | | RS Operative (G)
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that is nice, mine dies after i watch a flick
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02-17-2009, 10:43 PM
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#10 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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i got a 12 cell battery on my laptop and only last me about 6-7hours... this questions me of how a 9 cell can last that long
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02-18-2009, 09:10 AM
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#11 | | SFICC-03*
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero  those meters dont mean anything though.
Mine usually starts with 8 hours...but i end up with 6.5-7 hours. | the 6 cell battery on my dell D620 says 1:30 but it actually lasts 5 mins
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02-18-2009, 12:32 PM
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#12 | | RS Veteran
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Man, Thinkpads rock!
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02-18-2009, 01:19 PM
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#13 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by unit the 6 cell battery on my dell D620 says 1:30 but it actually lasts 5 mins | i've an old Fujitsu Lifebook that did a similar thang  | |
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02-18-2009, 01:23 PM
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#14 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by unit the 6 cell battery on my dell D620 says 1:30 but it actually lasts 5 mins | Does it actually only last five minutes, or does it just shut itself down after five minutes?
A lot of times, the battery gets completely uncalibrated... and after five minutes, it "thinks" it only has 5% battery left, so by default, Windows will go into hibernation. However, if you disable the low battery actions, you might find that the battery actually has enough juice to run for another hour or more.
I've had screwed up batteries like that, where it will go from 100% to 5% in five minutes... and maybe another five minutes after that, it will say 0% battery left, but yet the laptop will still run for another hour and a half.
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02-18-2009, 05:01 PM
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#15 | | Got MOD?
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Originally Posted by lilaznviper i got a 12 cell battery on my laptop and only last me about 6-7hours... this questions me of how a 9 cell can last that long | Well obviously newer technology = better battery life.
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02-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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#16 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by lilaznviper i got a 12 cell battery on my laptop and only last me about 6-7hours... this questions me of how a 9 cell can last that long | Because his laptop uses maybe half the power?
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02-18-2009, 10:01 PM
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#17 | | Cool beans bro
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Yeah man X200's are sick on battery life. Ive got a T400 with the 9 cell and fully charged with brightness on 3 at school lasts me like 7 hours. Thinkpads are amazing with power management.
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