> What sort of time do you Inspiron 3200 owners get from the Dell Lithium
> battery?
> I keep my DVD card in (but never use it on battery power), and I leave in
> the multifunction LAN/Modem card whether I'm connected or not. I have the
> 13.3" XGA display. I get no more than 2.5 hours, was expecting something
> more like 4 hours. Am I running off a bad battery, or are other systems
> getting the same performance? Is the PII 233 or the XGA a big power hog?
> --Ned
That's about what I get. Saw many reports that this is about right for the
Inspirons, so I ordered the 2nd primary battery when I bought my system.
I can do a transcontinental flight pretty easily with the 2 batteries.
Don't forget to change the bios settings to slow down the CPU.
(This turns itself off automatically and goes back to maximum CPU speed when
the AC adaptor is plugged in, right? Can anyone confirm this with
benchmarking?)
-Karl
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