HP 2133 Mini-Note

Mini-Note XP Battery Life Test

On the previous battery life test the Mini-Note running Vista Business got to two hours and twenty minutes before the 10% battery life warning came up. At that point it said the battery still had 19 minutes left, so there was about two hours and forty minutes of battery time there.

This time on the XP test the Mini-Note got 2 hours and 42 minutes before the 10% warning came up. The warning said the battery had about 19 minutes of charge on it. The gives us around 3 hours of battery life.

Both tests were done on the 1.6Ghz Mini-Note with the six-cell battery by playing a Superbad DVD rip at full screen of the HD, with the volume at a reasonable level, wireless on, power mode set to Max Performance/Minimal Power management (Vista/XP), and the screen brightness set two notches down from full brightness.

17 Responses to “Mini-Note XP Battery Life Test”

  1. Naomi Says:

    Zees eez da 6 cell?

  2. Adamc Says:

    Was that with a 3 or 6 cell pack?

  3. Chris Says:

    Was this with the 6-cell or the 3-cell battery?

  4. Josh Says:

    Sorry, 6 Cell battery. I’ll update the post as well

  5. foo Says:

    Was the webcam on/off? Does it matter to battery life?

  6. Josh Says:

    @foo

    The webcam wasn’t disabled in Device Manager or the BIOS. I don’t think it would make a difference if it had been though.

  7. Narius Says:

    Excellent review. And it’s also a good indicator of the life of these things. 3 hours while watching a movie is quite decent.

  8. Stuart Says:

    Heya,
    Just one other question was this running the 1GB ram or 2GB ram, I doubt it would make a *whole* lot of difference but the possibility still exists lol.
    Stuart

  9. midgymaru Says:

    Hi! Thanks for the info! Was wondering whether you did anything to the battery before you tested? Such as a full charge & discharge?

  10. Josh Says:

    @midgymaru

    It’s be down to 5 or 6%, but not a full discharge. It’s not good for Lithium-Ion batteries to be completely discharged. They don’t get a ‘memory’ (crystallization) like Nickel-Cadmium batteries do

  11. Caelum Says:

    @Josh

    You’ll actually find that lithium batteries actually contain a small circuit in them to prevent over-discharge, regardless how long you ‘try’ and run them for.

    After a certain point they’ll just go open circuit at load, no matter what you do, until you recharge them.

    This little circuit(about half the size of a matchbox, 2mm thick) prevents any damage to the lithium battery regardless of external conditions.

  12. harry Says:

    Hi Josh,

    This is a great site. I just bought my Mini-Note yesterday and planning to use it with my software projects. I just found your site and it’s very helpoful. Thanks to this.

  13. Rusty Says:

    I put my movies on a 8gb SD card and play them from there, it gives you another 15 to 30 mins of battery life by not spinning the hard drive.

  14. nik Says:

    asus eee pc 901 has got over 5 hours of hd movie playback =]

  15. monmon Says:

    Hey, some helpful information there, thanks. I’ve got the 3-cell battery and it only lasts a wimpy 1hr 45 min. until the alarm goes of that It’s 10% and dying unlike my eeepc that can at least last for 2 hours.

    I was on WINXP SP2, did browsing, downloading, with skype (webcam on) and yahoo messenger on and of course, WIFI when I tested this.

    Have you tried the 3-cell battery?

    So, the 6-cell battery ups lengthens it around an hour or so. Still considering getting one, it kinda makes the mini-note bigger.

  16. Zainuddin Cappi Says:

    HP 2133, battery only can lasting about 1 hour 45 minutes. Very bad and i only used for surfind internet and some of typing…better if can last about 2.5 hours..more interesting..hope HP can find better perfomance battery. thank You

  17. Martinvsb Says:

    Hi, I have just bought a 2133 mini note, and so far I have not found anywhere to buy the 6 cell battery. Anyone know where the cheapest you can get them is?
    Many thanks.

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