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.

11 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.

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