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Battery Drain while Plugged in

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cigaro5676

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Oct 29, 2011
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Hello all, im new to the forums, i searched around a bit but havnt really found anything to answer my question

I have a early '11 15" mbp (2.2,6750m) running windows 7 ultimate via bootcamp

i just got battlefield 3 on Wednesday and proceeded to overclock my fx card as described in the tutorial on the forum. (which makes the game run awesome! btw)

I just noticed something, however, after about 2 hours of playing my battery is at 89%. It has been plugged into power the entire time and was fully charged when i turned the computer on. (i am 100% sure about this)

the card is set to .990 V as opposed to 1.0 V when overclocking

I havnt tested this with the fx card not overclocked but i can say for sure the only time this has happened is when playing battlefied 3

is this something i should be worried about?
my mac does not get any warmer than watching flash video, and i have it raised for proper ventilation.

in fact, it probably gets warmer watching 720p flash video

thanks for any help, seems to be a bit of a strange issue and this is one of my early ventures into overclocking
 
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Intell

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This is not something you should be worried about. If the computer requires more power then what the MagSafe can provide, it will draw it from the battery.
 
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Gav2k

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Yep 100% normal!
 
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cigaro5676

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Oct 29, 2011
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okay great, thanks for the quick replies :)

this is my first mac, dont wanna mess it up :p
 
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macmastersam

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-%11 isn't that bad every 2 hours. As long as you have the MagSafe plugged in then you will be just fine. Anyway, it's not like anyone would play BF3 straight for any more than 3 hours. Unless you are a uber BF fan!

fully charge your MBP, then play BF3 for the same 2 hours exept without the MagSafe charger any of that time unless the battery get real low. Then post your results here.
 
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cigaro5676

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Oct 29, 2011
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i imagine the battery would last about an hour without it plugged in, but i can give it a go

what worried me was that ive never had that happen before on a laptop (i had a high end asus before)

it makes perfect sense, just making sure it was normal and i wasn't about to ruin anything
 
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macmastersam said:
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-%11 isn't that bad every 2 hours. As long as you have the MagSafe plugged in then you will be just fine. Anyway, it's not like anyone would play BF3 straight for any more than 3 hours. Unless you are a uber BF fan!
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THAT I AMMMM!! Well, I remember one time after finals, my gf, friends, and I LAN'd for 10 hours straight.
 
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Jens Engels

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Feb 24, 2011
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cigaro5676 said:
Hello all, im new to the forums, i searched around a bit but havnt really found anything to answer my question

I have a early '11 15" mbp (2.2,6750m) running windows 7 ultimate via bootcamp

i just got battlefield 3 on Wednesday and proceeded to overclock my fx card as described in the tutorial on the forum. (which makes the game run awesome! btw)

I just noticed something, however, after about 2 hours of playing my battery is at 89%. It has been plugged into power the entire time and was fully charged when i turned the computer on. (i am 100% sure about this)

the card is set to .990 V as opposed to 1.0 V when overclocking

I havnt tested this with the fx card not overclocked but i can say for sure the only time this has happened is when playing battlefied 3

is this something i should be worried about?
my mac does not get any warmer than watching flash video, and i have it raised for proper ventilation.

in fact, it probably gets warmer watching 720p flash video

thanks for any help, seems to be a bit of a strange issue and this is one of my early ventures into overclocking
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Hey
I have the same problem, discharging, but that seems normal :), but what i was wondering, where can i find a tutorial to let battlefield 3 run smoother on my MBP early 2011, bootcamp windows 7?

please let me know, i am searching for this a long time :)!

Thanks
Jens
 
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