I've got my Inspiron 5150 thirteen months ago. I just measured how many hours and mins my battery last per one full charge, The result turned out to be appx 2.5 hours. The battery life was about 3 hours when brand new, and Dell claimed, was up to 4 hours.
I made a critical mistake as a result of my ignorance. I didn't know I could run the laptop using directly main power via the AC adapter. So throughout the one-year heavy use mostly on my desk, I had the battery kept inside the laptop. However, I was aware however the battery life would be shortened if it got continously charged. I always unpluged the AC adapter when fully charged and pluged it back when the battery ran out.
According to the below Dell KB, the type of the battery I have gets max 500 charges. Well, knowing no too much I can do at this point, I would appreciate you tell me "How many hours your battery lasts after one year you've got Inspiron?"
Dell's KB about battery lives:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~id=batteries&~line=notebooks&~mode=popup&~series=inspn&~tab=details
I did a couple of tests while working on non-system-intensive apps. My battery lasted about 2.5 hrs before the battery meter hit 3% and went stand-by. Mine was always set 15% before the alarm popped up.
Another question is about dust-control actually. I am a clean-freak Taking out the battery opens a big door on my Inspiron. Is there any way, I can minimize the dust being sucked into the Inspiron? I will use the laptop mostly using main eletricity power without the battery since it is too heady for me to carry around...
/PT<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by palmtree on 11/12/04 12:49 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
I made a critical mistake as a result of my ignorance. I didn't know I could run the laptop using directly main power via the AC adapter. So throughout the one-year heavy use mostly on my desk, I had the battery kept inside the laptop. However, I was aware however the battery life would be shortened if it got continously charged. I always unpluged the AC adapter when fully charged and pluged it back when the battery ran out.
According to the below Dell KB, the type of the battery I have gets max 500 charges. Well, knowing no too much I can do at this point, I would appreciate you tell me "How many hours your battery lasts after one year you've got Inspiron?"
Dell's KB about battery lives:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~id=batteries&~line=notebooks&~mode=popup&~series=inspn&~tab=details
I did a couple of tests while working on non-system-intensive apps. My battery lasted about 2.5 hrs before the battery meter hit 3% and went stand-by. Mine was always set 15% before the alarm popped up.
Another question is about dust-control actually. I am a clean-freak Taking out the battery opens a big door on my Inspiron. Is there any way, I can minimize the dust being sucked into the Inspiron? I will use the laptop mostly using main eletricity power without the battery since it is too heady for me to carry around...
/PT<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by palmtree on 11/12/04 12:49 PM.</EM></FONT></P>