T40 Battery Life!

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avantz155 · #1 Post by **avantz155** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:49 pm

hello
i would like to ask about standard T40 (6 cells) battery life ?
how long can be used on 1.3Ghz, 768MB RAM, 40GB Hard Drive.

Because mine only 1:30 hours

tq

#2 Post by **K. Eng** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:41 pm

It depends on the type of applications you are running, display brightness, wireless network activity, and the capacity of your battery.

If your battery has degraded in its ability to hold energy, your battery life will be poor.

When I owned a T40, I got about 4-4.5 hours on a new 48 Watt*Hr battery if my display was at half brightness, WiFi was on, and I was running light applications like Microsoft Word.

#3 Post by **bill bolton** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:42 pm

avantz155 wrote:i would like to ask about standard T40 (6 cells) battery life ?

Go to the ThinkPad "System Configuration" utility on your T40, and look at the Battery Information section to see information on the current condition of your battery. Particularly look at the current capacity and "cycle" information, and post that data here.

Cheers,

Bill

avantz155 · #4 Post by **avantz155** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:53 pm

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ajsimeon · #5 Post by **ajsimeon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:57 pm

looks like you may have to buy a new one...full charge capacity is supposed to be around 47 Wh...your battery is just dying. Time for a new one and then you'll definitely get more than the hour 30 you said.

avantz155 · #6 Post by **avantz155** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:00 am

avantz155 · #7 Post by **avantz155** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:03 am

ajsimeon wrote:looks like you may have to buy a new one...full charge capacity is supposed to be around 47 Wh...your battery is just dying. Time for a new one and then you'll definitely get more than the hour 30 you said.

so, how long i will get wif new (47Wh) battery? 3.5 hours? wif wifi or internet connection ?

#8 Post by **bill bolton** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:05 am

avantz155 wrote:so, how long i will get wif new (47Wh) battery? 3.5 hours? with wifi or internet connection ?

Battery durantion depends on what you are doing, but if you run on battery maximise settings in power manger for basic note taking, you should get around 3+ hours with a new battery... with probably a bit less if you run WiFi.

You have 245 cycles on your 3+ year old battery, so you have got a good run out of it.

Cheers,

Bill

avantz155 · #9 Post by **avantz155** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:06 am

tq bill 4 ur info

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