HP ProBook 4x30s Battery Power - Survey

[appleiscool]

on 95% to 100% charge, the maximum battery power time i get is about 2 hours. would like to know if this is common for 4x30s users

please help the survey with a couple of bits below, and if you would like to discuss something related please keep it minimal or open a new thread - maybe name it HP ProBook 4x30s Battery Power - Survey - discuss . i dont want a whole messy thread of data mixed with other stuff.

battery power time remaining on 95% to 100% charge:

6 or 9 or other cell battery type:

system brightness level, as set in the probook installer:

4x30s system type - 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 :

cpu type, i3 i5 i7:

ram 4,..6..8..12..16..32:

screen type. standard or ips:

hdd, ssd or non-ssd:

remarks or comments:


thanks!

 

[blaraka]

4330s i3 2330M 8GB Ram
6 cell battery
lowest brightness level available (it's very bright so i use almost always)
standard screen
hdd

with wifi turned on and modestly light usage I get 3-3,5 hours of battery power.

 

[juliopw]

battery power time remaining on 95% to 100% charge: about 3:30

6 or 9 or other cell battery type: 6 cells

system brightness level, as set in the probook installer: minimum

4x30s system type: 4530s

cpu type, i3 i5 i7: i3 2330m

ram 4,..6..8..12..16..32: 4Gb

screen type. standard or ips: Standard one

hdd, ssd or non-ssd: 500 GB stock HDD

 

[Machanical]

4530s with 8GB of RAM and an i3 2350M. It has a 6 cell battery, and the brightness level is set to 75%. I'm using the 320GB HDD it came with and a upgraded 1080p screen.

I get about 3 and a half hours in OS X using photoshop all the time in class with a Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet with 25% screen brightness. At very light (only browser) usage with lowest brightness setting I might get 4 hours if I'm lucky.

 

[riodoro1]

-Max 2:30 hrs
-6 cell battery
-25% brightness
-4530s
-i3 2310m
-4GB
-standard screen
-640GB on old fashioned plates

Is still think that the issue that is making our batteries last this short is screen brightness, lowest level is still to high.

Also: OS X is using a harddisk constantly (guessing from the front diode) and thus it cannot go to sleep, any suggestions ?

 

[juliopw]

I think it's more like a power management issue, but i was surprised to see our probook lasting 6 hours on windows!

 

[riodoro1]

I would be good to make brightness working anyway, better to use it at night.

also, Who has a radeon card onboard, I do.

 

[juliopw]

I would be good to make brightness working anyway, better to use it at night.

also, Who has a radeon card onboard, I do.

While someone figure out how, you can use this app http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23370/shades

 

[riodoro1]

I have it, but well native is native, easier to use

 

[blaraka]

and shades is not really decreasing backlight so probabli it is not helping much with battery power.