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  • Carmen
    Carmen Posts: 1,732 Forumite
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    Carmen wrote: »
    A full charge is giving me around 2-2.30 hours max.
    What/how to calibrate please?

    I have never had more than 4 hours battery life, even from new!
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    A full charge is giving me around 2-2.30 hours max.
    If this is the amount your laptop lasted at the start, that's fine. Some can do 8 odd hours, but you can't magically improve it.
    What/how to calibrate please?
    Very simple to recalibrate it if it's just got a bit confused about where 'empty' is - run it down! Remember not to have any work open as you MAY lose it if the computer isn't able to hibernate right at the end. If it goes down to, say, 10% and then hangs around there for ages, then it (or rather the charging circuit) needed recalibrating.
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