EEE victory!

[tamaranth]

I've tested my EEE -- which has a battery life of < 1hr -- with bugshaw's EEE-battery and discovered that it can run for longer on a battery. (1.5 hours so far and 30% battery left.) Not only is the standard Asus-supplied battery not great, I have an inferior example. Have ordered fab shiny new extended BIGGER battery via Amazon.

In other EEE news, I note that it allegedly uses power even when not running! (cite). Lucky the battery's so easy to remove ...

In other non-EEE news, insomnia: the gift that keeps on giving. Apparently I still have a fragile sleep cycle: have been getting very tired of late (post-infections) and found myself sleeping 11 hours the night before last, waking at 11am. So of course last night I couldn't get to sleep at all until nearly cat o'clock (arbitrary point in time, generally between 6am and 8:30am, defined as 'OWWWW okay, I get it, breakfast-time, now take your claw out of my eyelid'). Am functioning on about 3 hours' sleep and ooooh my bed looks lovely. But I must keep wakeful til 10pm at least, to reset.

Comments

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

That's odd. I found with my EEE (a 701) that 'suspend' or 'hibernate' would result in a dead battery, but shut down properly and it would still be OK a week later.


Bigger batteries are great. Spoil the lines a bit, but I got one almost straight after I got my EEE. I seem to remember someone having a battery half as big again as the EEE, but with a battery life of something like six hours.

I get about three hours from the one I got.

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Some of those comments seem to suggest that removing the battery doesn't stop it losing power :( However, I will try making sure I switch off the webcam and wireless before shutting down. I know to turn them off while the Eee is running to save the battery life (you told me that) but I hadn't thought about while it's switched off.

The batteries definitely degrade quickly, even if you don't get a dud. Mine still gives me around 5 hours, but the capacity is dropping noticeably. Do let me know how the bigger battery works out!

[serennos.livejournal.com]

Insomnia = teh crap. ::sympathy::
'Cat o'clock' - so THAT's what that time of morning is called!