[lug] Dell Latitude and KRUD -- Docking Station NIC?

[Bonnell, Doug]

I have two Latitudes, a CPi D266XT and a CP D233XT.
The CPi has a 3600maH battery. When I first had the 
machine (used, purchased in July), it would run a
little over three hours.

Now, the CPi runs a little over two hours. The indicator
under Gnome has changed, showing an estimated 4+ hours
(2X, it seems). Earlier, it would show 3+ hours and that
was closer to reality.

I haven't done much to setup APM. The BIOS is set to full
brightness under battery power. The CPi also runs a wireless
Raylink card which "seems" to take a fair amount of power.

Yahoo has a discussion group for Linux on Dell computers:

	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops

The cheapest new batteries I've found are at:

	http://www.teamexcess.com/

They have 3800maH batteries for $59+ shipping. They also have
a fairly high rating at http://www.resellerratings.com.

I would think with two batteries and a bit of APM tweaking it
should be possible to get 6+ hours of up time.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: John Starkey [mailto:jstarkey at advancecreations.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:42 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] Dell Latitude and KRUD -- Docking Station NIC?

Doug, so how long do your batteries last? I recharged and took it out of the
dock, then started upgrading gnome from the standard RH7.1 version and I'm
down to 74% in about 20 minutes. I'm wondering if that's the norm or 1)
linux soaks up a lot of juice in comparison to wincrap or 2) maybe I need to
order a new battery. I'm not too familiar with laptops.