How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

Just bought a new one (Genuine Dell) and im only getting 3 and 1/2 hours on a full charge.



Does that sound right?

Reply 1 : How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

APOLOGIES-



Sctatch the above...the battery meter just updated itself to 5 and 1/2 hours, which sounds much more realistic

Reply 2 : How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

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Originally Posted by akwit APOLOGIES- Sctatch the above...the battery meter just updated itself to 5 and 1/2 hours, which sounds much more realistic

Sounds and looks... you might just want to time it... could still be lousy!



GK

Reply 3 : How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

Also which battery did you get...?

Reply 4 : How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

Also, which GPU do you have? 6 hours is around the best you can squeeze out of a 6 cell battery if you have Intel graphics and 20-25% less with the Nvidia GPU. Also,the newer batteries for the E6410 are compatible and have a bit more capacity.



John

Reply 5 : How much time should I get out of a new E6400 Latitude battery?

I have 10 hours and half with my 9-cell with the Nvidia GPU

It is to be noted that my old 9-cell battery was 85Whr, and the new one is 90Whr. I think what happened, is that Dell was out of E6400 batteries, and gave me the E6410 battery instead.