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Zatx · 03-01-06, 05:08 PM

Ok, so I have the standard battery for my Axim x51v and it has served me well these last 2 months, but recently I have attended several meetings where I retired my legal pad and decided to use MS Notes on my Ax to...well.. take notes.

Well I found much to my dismay, that I could almost watch the battery metter go down from the power drain. In a 40 min lecture I might take 10 rows of notes and my battery dropped 15-25%. So play that out over an hour and thats around 30-40% drain. That seems way excessive to me.

When I run iSilo and read a book, I can read for an hour and the battery might go down 5%.

No other programs were running in the background, no activesync, wifi, BT, or anything else. Which is the same way I run iSilo. Both MS Notes, and iSilo run at the 204mhz level on my Ax.

What could be causing such a huge drain in MS Notes?

Now lets assume I'm going to need a second battery. I searched ebay and found tons of replacement batteries at 1000mah. Isn't my standard one from Dell 1100mah? Why the descripancy?

Where is a good spot to pick up a battery that will fit the standard case. I don't want to replace all of my cases for extended battery cases.

Thanks again for all your help.

03-01-06, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zatx Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 111 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Battery Woes or Programming Woes? Ok, so I have the standard battery for my Axim x51v and it has served me well these last 2 months, but recently I have attended several meetings where I retired my legal pad and decided to use MS Notes on my Ax to...well.. take notes. Well I found much to my dismay, that I could almost watch the battery metter go down from the power drain. In a 40 min lecture I might take 10 rows of notes and my battery dropped 15-25%. So play that out over an hour and thats around 30-40% drain. That seems way excessive to me. When I run iSilo and read a book, I can read for an hour and the battery might go down 5%. No other programs were running in the background, no activesync, wifi, BT, or anything else. Which is the same way I run iSilo. Both MS Notes, and iSilo run at the 204mhz level on my Ax. What could be causing such a huge drain in MS Notes? Now lets assume I'm going to need a second battery. I searched ebay and found tons of replacement batteries at 1000mah. Isn't my standard one from Dell 1100mah? Why the descripancy? Where is a good spot to pick up a battery that will fit the standard case. I don't want to replace all of my cases for extended battery cases. Thanks again for all your help. __________________ Dell Axim x51v WM5 ROM A06 Pocketbreeze Vbar iSilo Spd Full Screen Keyboard Alexander Zavorine MP3 Voice Recorder Resco Picture Viewer TCPMP Dell System Utilities (I'm a light-weight, I know it. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. )