Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Laptop Battery does not show true charging level


My laptop has a 6 cell Lithium Ion Battery. Even when the battery is fully charged it shows the battery charge status at 0%. As a result if there is a power loss (when I want to move the laptop from one place to another) it immediately goes into hibernation.


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However, when I restart the laptop WITHOUT plugging in the power, it starts and the battery meter shows some figure like 95-96% remaining. The battery then runs for almost an hour and a half.


The laptop is around 2 years old.


How can I rectify this issue?


Answer



Easiest way is to buy a new battery - Sorry, but batteries are unreliable, especially if they are over 2 years old.


You can also try a free program called Battery Care.


The fact is, you can recalibrate laptop batteries if it supports such a feature (Cheak in BIOS, or power software), but it sometimes does not work. Doing what you do of having a full battery and allowing it to run down completely usually does the trick.


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