Comments on: Mini-Note XP Battery Life Test

By: monmon

monmon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:44:05 +0000

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.

By: nik

nik — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:13:47 +0000

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

By: Rusty

Rusty — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:39:24 +0000

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.

By: harry

harry — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:52:59 +0000

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.

By: Caelum

Caelum — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:02:16 +0000

@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.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:54:31 +0000

@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

By: midgymaru

midgymaru — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:36:27 +0000

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

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:45:59 +0000

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

By: Narius

Narius — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:10:42 +0000

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

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:37:38 +0000

@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.