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Subject: Re: How long does a Vibrant LS battery last?

Author:
Kawah

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Date Posted: 06:58:56 11/04/99 Thu
In reply to: John 's message, "Re: How long does a Vibrant LS battery last?" on 06:43:26 11/04/99 Thu

> > My vibrant LS' battery last only a little over
> > 2 hours on regular use (no compilation, just web
> > browsing and word processing). I suspect the
> > reason is the fan comes on frequently during use.
> > (it is kind of warm, is it normal?) What are your
> > experiences? Are there any way to improve battery
> > life?
> [snip]
>
> Recommend you consider installing a CPU Cooling
> Utility (RAIN
> or the original WaterFall 123). Installing RAIN in my
> Vibrant-166MX
> caused it to run much cooler, the fan didn't come on
> nearly so often
> and it added 20 minutes to the battery time.
>
> These are easy to install and there's *NO* apparent
> performance
> loss. They may prolonged battery life. RAIN and
> WaterFall
> work with AMD, Cyrix and Pentium CPUs and come with
> their own
> uninstall option in the Start Menu if you decide not
> to keep
> them. These are small (less than 120Kb download) and
> best of
> all ... they're FREE!
>
> If you're running Windows 98, use RAIN 2.0 -- download
> it at:
>
> http://www.notebookreview.com/Rain20.zip
>
> For Windows 95 use either RAIN 1.0 or WATERFALL 1.23.
> These
> are available at:
>
> http://www.netigen.com/free/free23.html
>
> RAIN & WaterFall will have no effect On Linux, NT, or
> OS/2 as
> these OSes already halt the processor when it is idle.
> Some
> programs keep the CPU busy even when they are doing
> absolutely
> nothing. Word 97 is one of the biggest offenders.
> Also,
> using a screensaver or an animated pointer will
> require
> additional CPU activity.
>
> NOTE: The FAQ said RAIN & WaterFall will make the CPU
> appear
> to be running 100%, even though its not. I
> haven't
> used WaterFall Pro. It's NOT FREE ;)
>
> For more information and other CPU coolers, checkout:
>
> http://www.notebookreview.com/coolcpu.html
>
> Hope this helps ... John

Thanks John! Those are all good advices, as always.
Just to give you more information. I do have RAIN
(1.0?) installed and I do note the icon on the
toolbar having 3 rain drops on it. I also use a solid
background (no pattern), set screensaver to a
blank screen after 1 min, suspend to ram after
a while, and no animation (toolbar does not
autohide). I thought I did all the right things,
but still 2-2.5 hour battery life. I do not
want to turn off L2 cache though.

Does waterfall have more cooling effect compared
to RAIN? I think I either need a bigger battery
(much preferred) or two batteries. I am also
interested in how long battery last for other
Vibrant LS owner (Win98) in order to determine
whether I have an underspec battery or not.

In any case, I think I will go ahead and order
another battery from them.

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Re: How long does a Vibrant LS battery last?	John	10:11:23 11/04/99 Thu