battery life halved on windows 7

Ok well i have the 8GB SSD version.
Turn down your screen brightness a bit might help.

Fan on at 67
Fan off at 65

 

wow isnt 67 too hot . i think i prefer kp my cpu cooler to prolong its life . wouldnt running it at 67 ratther then 60 wear it faster ?

 

My battery life dropped from 2 hours with Linpus to 1.5 with Windows 7. So a 25% 'loss'. No real problem though as I'd been planning on getting a 6-cell anyway.

Turning the fan off sounds dangerous to me. Not worth risking damaging your netbook for the sake of a few mins of battery life IMO. You need to keep those hard-working components cool!

 

Personally I would not worry if my Atom is running at 67.
I think it would be safe running under 70.

But ok you guys are right, I will re-think about turning down my fan control.



Interesting read on Atom temperatures: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=40812

 

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