Just bought my NDSL 1 week ago and enjoying playing it, but there's one problem: battery life won't last long.

I'm using EDGE flash card, lowest light and with75% of volume but the battery life is only like around 5 hours. The game i was playing is Jump Ultimate Stars which i believe it won't cost more battery usage than those 3D games.

Is this battery life normal? cause from the manual, it said that with lowest light + sound = around 15hours for original games.

Where do you bought it??

I bought it from a gameshop in sarawak. Cobalt Black color version but the flash card order from lowyat.

This post has been edited by TongCN: Aug 23 2008, 10:41 AM

did u charge the battery until the orange light is off?

Which part of Sarawak are you in?

I did charge until the orange light off... but then the remaining life after the charging is around 5hours only in lowest light + 75% sound.

surprise
You are same place as me Mirian.

Perhaps the game shop owner wasn't honest and replaced your new battery with something inferior?

How to check the battery is original or fake? I don't think he will change it because he's kinda poor in NDSL even for PSP, he don't know how to differentiate the fake and original battery.

And the seal of battery is still in good condition.

Btw, can anyone please share your battery life and the flash card you using ? So that i can compare.

This post has been edited by TongCN: Aug 23 2008, 02:02 PM

Ah. A fellow Mirian. Maybe can try charge it overnight and see how long it last? Mine lasts a few days under full charge.

U mean you even playing using flash card? What flash card are you using?

I have a flashcart. But hardly use. Ori gaming more. Using an R4. Flash carts dont suck the battery out much. It works the same like an ori game.

If it's not a new battery, it might be from a used unit or it is just plain defective. The battery isn't meant to be taken out regularly so the seal doesn't matter.

Come to think of it, I had never measured the battery life of my NDSL before. I just keep playing it till the LED flashes red, then I'll hook it up to the charger and continue playing All I can say, mine can last more than five hours on the third brightness setting, max volume and with an R4.

But i heard that using flash card will use up a bit more power than ori game.
Thus, i don't use any rumble pack or slot 2. It is cover with the cover given.

It does consume a little more power than a game cart, but it shouldn't substantially affect battery life. Check the review here for a rough idea.

flashes red means left around 20% of battery, correct if I'm wrong
But yesterday I using standby mode around 3.15p.m and the game playing was FF12 Relevant wings. By that time, the LED still green. Then when i get home at 6.45p.m. , the LED is flashing red already, but i had played the NDSL like 4 hours already.

This post has been edited by TongCN: Aug 23 2008, 02:19 PM

Not that much lar. Flashcart just uses about 10 minutes of the max battery life. Or less.

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Added on August 23, 2008, 2:22 pmStandby might have sucked quite some juice out of your DS.

This post has been edited by BlueBerry~: Aug 23 2008, 02:22 PM

My solution to this problem will be to bring it back to the shop where you bought it, and enquire with them for a replacement. Or at least, get another battery from them to test if it's really the console or the battery.

Question about NDSL battery life, from this link, it mention tat using flash card will shorten 15% of battery life compare to original card.


This post has been edited by TongCN: Aug 23 2008, 02:31 PM

Nevertheless, your battery life is still way out of the margin. What you should be getting is about 11 hours of battery life according to your settings, even with the 15% extra drain you still should be getting at least more than five.

Sigh, the tauke of the shop knows nothing about NDSL. Plus, he doesnt sell any battery and from nintendo homepage, it seems that i cant order battery from them, Malaysia isn't listed there.

Re: Blueberry
You mean standby mode also eat up some battery ?

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Added on August 23, 2008, 2:34 pmHmm... normally how long does it take for you to get red LED ?

This post has been edited by TongCN: Aug 23 2008, 02:34 PM