Registered: Oct 2000
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Posts: 47

What are people seeing regarding battery life in the Minstrel S modem?

The past two days, my battery has not made it through a single day before needing recharging...I was NOT using the modem extensively and I thought it was in "sleep" mode most of the time.

Prism battery life however seems to be doing well.

MS

Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Dallas, PA
Posts: 9

Minstrel S Battery Life

I've been running about 5 hours before needing to recharge the Minstrel. I am also not a heavy user.

Prism battery life is great.

Kev.

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 59

My Prism battery seems to drain pretty quick. After about 30 minutes of use I am down to about %80. This may be normal, I really don't know.

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Nazareth, PA
Posts: 99

What is the brightness of your screen set at? I've found that by setting it at half rather than full and can increase my battery life by almost 4-fold. Imagine how much life you would get if you put it all the way down.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 59

I would say my brightness is at about 60%. I will try lowering it a little more and see if that helps.

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 80

Do you use any "hacks" to speed-up the processor? I think one of the side effects of such hacks is reduced battery life.

=Dave=

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