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Will a scratch on the LCD affect battery life?
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Some how a pair of small scratches appeared on the bottom edge of the screen on my Ti867 and after unplugging it and watching a DVD I really noticed the battery wouldn't even last long enough to finish a 113 minute movie. It used to last for roughly 2.5 hours (+ or -). Or is there something else I may have overlooked?
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How many charge cycles has your battery completed? Batteries do wear out over time, but also consider that playing a DVD does use more energy than browsing the Internet or working on a text document.
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Hmmm... I have no clue with this one.
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Originally posted by nobitacu:
Hmmm... I have no clue with this one.
Ming
Why did you post then?
Scratches are unsightly, but they don't increase or decrease the amount of power consumed by a display.
(Last edited by seanyepez; Apr 4, 2003 at 05:43 AM.
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I'm going to drain the batteries completely and then recharge them. The laptop is plugged in the majority of the time so that may be the problem.
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Originally posted by t6hawk:
I really noticed the battery wouldn't even last long enough to finish a 113 minute movie. It used to last for roughly 2.5 hours (+ or -). Or is there something else I may have overlooked?
The batteries on my Pismo only last somewhere between 5 minutes and 30 minutes... Just before I upgraded MacOS X 10.2.3 to 10.2.4 I got several hours out of them (consistently). This happened to both of my batteries at the same time. I don't think it's a coincidence.
As soon as my 17" PowerBook arrives this morning, I'm going to wipe my Pismo clean and reinstall 10.2.3. I hope this will clear up the problem...I'll let you know.
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Originally posted by t6hawk:
Some how a pair of small scratches appeared on the bottom edge of the screen on my Ti867 and after unplugging it and watching a DVD I really noticed the battery wouldn't even last long enough to finish a 113 minute movie. It used to last for roughly 2.5 hours (+ or -). Or is there something else I may have overlooked?
Thx
Possibly. But it's more likely that the thunderstorm in New Orleans affected the battery life.
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