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Hey, so I posted about the battery life being worse post v1.04 BIOS issue over at lenovoblogs.com and David Hill said he sent it over to engineering for them to look at the problem! I hope they fix it or give us a way to address it via a setting, but in the meantime, there's hope!

If people here with the issue have figured out any additional information, post the details here! My X60 draws a ridiculous number of watts while idling compared to what others are quoting...somewhere around 13-14W.

A fix would be nice! I have stuck with 1.04 simply because battery life is so important- it is a laptop after all!

Battery life is important for me as well, but I hope they first fix the noise problem, installing quieter fan, better heatsinks or lowering the fan speed.

rkuo wrote: My X60 draws a ridiculous number of watts while idling compared to what others are quoting...somewhere around 13-14W.

My X60s also draws around 12-13 W with WiFi on, ThinkPad default power setting, Firefox and IE7 open with some episodic background process disk activity, and screen brightness =3. Draws 11-13 W at Max Battery setting, with brightness =3.

I have bios 1.06. Will power use get worse with 1.10?

rkuo wrote:Hey, so I posted about the battery life being worse post v1.04 BIOS issue over at lenovoblogs.com and David Hill said he sent it over to engineering for them to look at the problem! .

I was looking, but can't find your post!

how many of you are using the latest BIOS version,
Personally i am still using the BIOS v1.04.

ozmann wrote:

rkuo wrote:Hey, so I posted about the battery life being worse post v1.04 BIOS issue over at lenovoblogs.com and David Hill said he sent it over to engineering for them to look at the problem! .

I was looking, but can't find your post!

It's here in the comments.

http://www.lenovoblogs.com/design/uncat ... /#comments

Maybe people who are having the problem should post there just to let them know it's real.

I read some other threads here where people say they run around 8-10W idling on v1.04 of the BIOS.

rkuo wrote:Hey, so I posted about the battery life being worse post v1.04 BIOS issue over at lenovoblogs.com and David Hill said he sent it over to engineering for them to look at the problem! I hope they fix it or give us a way to address it via a setting, but in the meantime, there's hope!

If people here with the issue have figured out any additional information, post the details here! My X60 draws a ridiculous number of watts while idling compared to what others are quoting...somewhere around 13-14W.

I am using BIOS 1.10 and I am getting 12-13W idle with Office applications and Wifi ON, with everything OFF and the display fully dimmed I get 7-8W, I got yesterday between 9 to 10 hours of FULL IDLE, I mean no work at all, just the laptop ON, really AMAZING!!!!

I have 1.10 and am very happy with it. Battery life is much better than with 1.06 and much, MUCH less heat. So for me, 1.10 works better than 1.04 and 1.06.

I am using BIOS version 1.10 and my battery shows 6.93 watts and 9 hours plus until discharge? I haven't really noticed any problems with any of the BIOS versions I have used. Is anyone else using 1.10 and getting good battery life? This is with all wireless turned on and not really doing anything. Am I testing it in a different way than others?

170469U, X60s, L2400, 2GB, 100GB 5400, 12.1" XGA, WWAN, 8 Cell, X6 Multiburner

Kim

I have 1.10 bios and still get 7-8 hours on the 8-cell with wifi on, using max battery power scheme.

The condition & age of your battery, its proper calibration and maintenance are huge factors in battery performance... way more than the processor voltage (obviously screen size & brightness is a much greater factor).

jamess wrote:I have 1.10 and am very happy with it. Battery life is much better than with 1.06 and much, MUCH less heat. So for me, 1.10 works better than 1.04 and 1.06.

less heat will be generated with the latest BIOS version?