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| Thread ID: 116339 | 2011-02-28 00:32:00 | Netbook Battery Level Indicator | Pato (2463) | Press F1 |
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| 1181957 | 2011-02-28 00:32:00 | This appears to only give a very wide indication of battery power left in my Asus netbook. Is this normal with these Netbook meters.? I don't expect accuracy but I though it would be better than I am getting, or am I expecting too much.? |
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| 1181958 | 2011-02-28 00:55:00 | The % remaining should be very accurate. But windows calculates the time remaining value on current power use, so if you're checking it while the machine is idle & running everything on low power it will show much higher, then when you launch some applications and start doing things, the time will drop rapidly. I can get mine to show about 20 hours remaining in idle, but in real use it becomes about 7 - 8. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1181959 | 2011-02-28 01:02:00 | Thanks inphinity, I appreciate your explanation. I didn't know how it calculated. I will just take note of %. Otherwise I am very pleased with the Netbook for what it does. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1181960 | 2011-02-28 01:56:00 | At what percentage do you normally recharge.? | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1181961 | 2011-02-28 02:46:00 | I always install Battery Bar on every laptop - free and fantastic. www.osirisdevelopment.com Gives you some reasonable stats even in the freebie version. |
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| 1181962 | 2011-02-28 02:53:00 | I always install Battery Bar on every laptop - free and fantastic. www.osirisdevelopment.com Gives you some reasonable stats even in the freebie version.I will give it a go. At what stage do you recharge your battery? |
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