Dell Inspiron 1501: best way to get most from battery?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by eblackwell, Jun 8, 2010.

  1. eblackwell

    eblackwell Private E-2

    What's the best power configuration to get most out of a battery? I even bought the long life one, and while I don't believe marketing copy that I can get 9 hours out of it, I'm getting only 2.
     
  2. brandypeppy

    brandypeppy MajorGeek

    Check out the power options in the control panel. There are settings for when idle, the lappy will turn off the monitor and hard drive.

    Depending on your OS, there may be a setting for maximum power conservation.

    Anyway, a lot depends on what your are doing with the laptop. If watching videos, you'll get maximum time if you use headphones instead of built in or external speakers. Anytime you use the optical drive, you are using quite bit of power, this includes videos and games.

    If the battery was rated for 9 hours, you really should be getting more than 2 hours, unless you are playing videos, games, or music.
     

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