seriously fast battery drain...

[spinghed]

Hello... I'm new here but not new to OSX86. I found my old S10e in the cupboard yesterday so I thought I'd install osx on it. Used the enabler from the forums and everything works great - faster than Win7 it seems...

Only issue I have is the fan seems to be constantly on at full speed and the batery drains in about 45 mins....

This I imagine is a themal /power management issue - can anyone point me towards the right info to tackle this - cant seem to dig it out using the search.

thanks in advance

Rick

[intommy]

which battery model (nr. cell) u have? i have 6-cell 4,36Ah and in OSX like 4+ hours and in win7 like 3,5+ hours

Win7: internet via USB modem ZFE 626, DivX in KM Player like 3 hours, maybe more...
OSX SL: internet with same modem, internet listing, sometimes some music and still like 3+ hours, maybe more..

hmm, u wrote about found ur old S10.. maybe here problem? maybe battery need "formatting"?

[phattbam]

I would check on which BIOS version you're running too. That might play a factor even if it is on the OSX side of things

[spinghed]

Hello, thanks for the replies...

I have the standard (not sticking out) battery and on the back of the machine is a sticker that says: Type 4068-4SG.

The battery may be a bit tired but the drain is much faster than when I had win7 on it so I don't think that is the main issue... I was thinking it could be the bios which I haven't updated.

Is there any way to update the bios without an install of windows?

thanks

Rick

[intommy]

u can run windows from flash/usb disc (cd version Win XP maybe?)

[spinghed]

yep I'll give that a shot.....

or I'll borrow another drive and do a minimal install...

thanks


Rick

[step2006]

You can also update the BIOS with bartPE on a flash drive.

[spinghed]

hmm that BartPE sounds like a good options... it's the weekend - time for hacking! thanks...

[spinghed]

So I created a boot disc with BartPE and managed to update the bios very easily - the brightness control appears to work fine now and the fan isn't on constantly... this is a "good thing"

I shall test with this setup and report on battery life if anyone is interested...

See ya

Rick

[spinghed]

for some bizarre reason after the bios update I no longer have wifi - the airport wont switch on. I'm going to reinstall the driver and see what's what. I'm thinking I may have to do a complete reinstall now that the new bios is in place. We shall see....

Rick

UPDATE - re-ran the original enabler app over the existing installation and I have wifi back - so that's a useful fix!