Battery Usage

[dark_shadow]

hey all i just reciently put xp pro on my computer where it had vista home premium ( its an hp dv9428ca) before the battery would last like atleast 3-4 hours now it lasts no more than a hour i know it wasnt the battery because it worked yesterday fine when i had vista on it is there any tips on what i can do to improve the battery life or is there any fixes that i can download that will help optimize it for xp ? another question do i have to re train the battery with installation of a new os?

[Hack]

I have XP Pro on two laptops and I've never had a issue with a battery on either of them.

Both last about 4 hours. What kind of a laptop do you have (I have a Toshiba and an HP)

[dark_shadow]

i have an hp dv9428ca and i think what it might be it was pre loaded with vista
so would the battery be optimized for vista or trained for vista

[CodedFire]

I had a laptop with xp pro and installed vista basic and noticed a vast improvement from the battery.

[dark_shadow]

ya i went the other way around tho

[CodedFire]

Maybe this is why your machine is suffering

"Microsoft made some important changes in Vista that do improve some aspects of battery life, such as smarter hibernation modes that override applications that want to keep running, and simpler options for choosing a power management setting."

[dark_shadow]

hmm could be but is there anything different with the battery itself because i know people that have had xp pre installed and the battery is fine do you think re training it would help ( letting it die right down and re charging it back up ? )

[Hack]

How much of an issue would it be to put Vista back on the laptop (at least temporiarly)?

I think it might prove to be an interesting test.

[dark_shadow]

it would be alot of hassle since im using the comp for college but when i get the time to experiment with it i will what are you thinking Hack ? another thing i read up on was that xp doesnt have and C&q Drivers for amd processors by default that so i tried installing those and im gonna see if that helps does anyone know where the option to throttle down the cpu in xp pro? if there is one

[Siddharth Rout]

hey all i just reciently put xp pro on my computer where it had vista home premium ( its an hp dv9428ca) before the battery would last like atleast 3-4 hours now it lasts no more than a hour i know it wasnt the battery because it worked yesterday fine when i had vista on it is there any tips on what i can do to improve the battery life or is there any fixes that i can download that will help optimize it for xp ? another question do i have to re train the battery with installation of a new os?

Hi you can improve the battery life by customising the software which comes originally with the laptop. I don't know which one is there for your laptop but for example, I bought a Sony Viao day before yesterday and it comes with Viao battery optimisation. I am sure if you check the softwares that came with your laptop, you will find it...

[dark_shadow]

the computer doesnt have any of that software becaues xp was not pre installed with the os so it was a fresh install off an xp disk it came with vista home premium as a pre installed os

[Siddharth Rout]

the computer doesnt have any of that software becaues xp was not pre installed with the os so it was a fresh install off an xp disk it came with vista home premium as a pre installed os

What is the make of your laptop (i am assuming it is a laptop). Maybe we can find the software on the web...

[dark_shadow]

its an hp pavillion dv9428ca

[Siddharth Rout]

its an hp pavillion dv9428ca

gr8

let me see if i can find something on the web...

[dark_shadow]

you know i never thought of looking at hp sites or anything stupid me ... like i did a general google my problem but didnt seem to find any soild answers ill take a look when im in class ( leaving in 10 min) if you find anything let me know ill check the thread in class

[Siddharth Rout]

Do a search with something like "hp pavillion dv9428ca Battery optimisation Software"

edit: the above won't give any result. try "HP Battery Optimization". Plenty of links there...