brand new toshiba battery last 1 hour !

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hi ive just bought the mrs a new latop its TOSHIBA EQUIUM A200-1VO £399


The battery is only lasting about 1hour -120 mins i have set the power settings to balanced and the screen brightness is 45% when on battery, disabled the slidebar and disabled windows aero. all other settings as far as i know are set to save power as i spent a good half hour on the power options.
i know vista will use more battery life than my old laptop which has xp but i was expecting a good 2hours on a brand new battery im i expecting too much for a £399 laptop???.
i have also let the battery run down to 2% which is the lowest i can run it down before the sleep hibernate shutdown settings kick in and then left it to charge overnight but still not happy which the battery life time. do i have to calibrate the battery a few times to get better battery life or is the 1hour -120mins using vista correct for a cheaper laptop. please can someone help me on this.
 
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You should not let the battery run down to 2%, unless its important, charge it up around the 20% mark, thats the optimum point for maintaining performance. - the calibration you speak about won't do any good imo. Modern batteries are Lithium-Ion. Not the old fashioned Nickel Metal style
i been reading up on google and many ppl posting on forums say to run laptop battery down to nothing to maintain and get better life out of a laptop battery ?
 
i have another toshiba which is a satiellete which ive had for 3-4 yrs with xp on. when battery was new it lasted 2-3 hrs not just over a hour what im getting now.toshiba have a excellent repeptation in the laptop market so im thinking ive either got a faulty battery or the P4 DUAL CORE processor is just too hot and eating the battery life.

ive got norton security pre installed on latop 90 days free im going to uninstall to see if this is drainig battery life
 
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Well ive got mine on battery now. Fully charged the battery meter recons 1 hour 11 mins :(

Now shows 57% or 43 mins remaining
thanks for trying your battery for me i guess this make of laptop or battery is rubbish but hey what do u expect for £399
 
My old acer laptop was the same. It had a normal desktop processor though.
I would guess there is a reason why Toshiba are offering an extra battery free of charge.
yes thats what i said to the mrs you never get nothing for free in this world now i know the reason why toshiba are giving away a free battery still could be worse and not get a free battery i supose
 
Well on the 2nd charge it lasted an hour and 30 mins so maybe it just needs running in a bit :)

1hour 30 mins isnt that good still imo my old satilette toshiba used to last 2-3 hours but i guess it must have been a higher cell battery not the bottom of the pile like this battery and i suspose vista genertates more power
 
Does the battery say on it 2000mah?

If so these are being shipped with cheap batteries. They do make 4000mah ones though. Might be worth purchasing one and keep the 2000mah as a spare.

not sure what the battery says will check tonight when the mrs had finished using it but i suspect you are right.
 
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