My laptop has a 4000maH battery at 10.8 volts. This translates roughly to 44wH, yet I somehow manage to get 4.5 hours of battery life out of it.
That means my laptop consumes roughly 10wH. How is this possible? Here are the stats for the laptop:
15.4" wide-screen
1.66ghz Core Duo
1gb RAM
100gb HHD
DVD+/-RW/RAM drive
The Core Duo should be alone consuming more than 10wH...
How's this possible?
2007-01-30 01:20:19 · 4 answers · asked by substance_of_desire 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I am aware it drops power consumption when you are not doing much.
The Core Duo uses 35wH when at full capacity, and drops from there. However, even when downclocked to 950mhz, it should be consuming more than 10wH by itself.
As well, I do not let it go into stand-by mode when using it, so at most, all that shuts down when "idle" would be the hard drive and computer screen.
2007-01-30 01:38:47 · update #1
my battery life was over 2 hours now it is sigh.... 15 minutes . They die off quick , but if you don't run high end application all the time it will increase it's life span SIGNIFICANTLY!!!!
2007-02-01 04:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you dont use your laptop to top performance like burning cd's or dvd's while its on battery because it consumes more batttery power and if you just surf the net and dont really do nething powerful then i your battery should last longer than it says
2007-01-30 01:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by yakkyigooconroy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you're not using it to its full capabilities, it turns off certain features and runs it at lower speeds.
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2007-01-30 02:56:46 · answer #4 · answered by tiny a 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋