Questions tagged [battery]
Batteries are the embedded power-source of a component such as a notebook. It is composed of cells of chemical elements that store energy.
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Force BIOS recovery on AC connection
Was replacing the battery in a Dell G15 5515, since the old one no longer charged. However, after inserting the new battery, the laptop refused to charge the battery, claiming that the battery was not ...
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Is leaving old Li-ion battery in permanently plugged in laptop dangerous?
I have a Dell Vostro 3350. Since about 2 months ago it displays on boot
Your battery has experienced permanent failure and needs to be replaced. Press F1 to continue or F2 to run setup utility
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Is this battery bulging/swollen?
I have had this Lenovo Chromebook for about 4 years now, and while taking it apart, I noticed that there was a small lump in the battery:
I am very worried.
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Laptop battery is discharged even when laptop is turned off
I have a new Lenovo laptop.
When battery was 100% i turned the laptop off.
I did not power on for about 20 days.
After that , i turn on the laptop and i've seen that battery was 1%.
I've contacted ...
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How can I measure laptop power consumption to optimise battery life?
I have seen devices like the SteamDeck and ROG Ally offer power settings that allow you to limit the watt consumption of the device. They also have live sensor readings telling you the current watt ...
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hp x360 battery dies at 60% and is unable to calibrate properly
i replaced my laptop battery a few months ago (near the end of 2022) due to having a faulty battery (it would only work when plugged in). since getting this (non-hp) battery, it wouldn’t calibrate and ...
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Acer Aspire RTC/CMOS battery location
TL;DR Where is the RTC/CMOS battery of the Acer Aspire 1410 located?
I have an old Acer Aspire 1410 which I want to use (Don't ask why :) ). The problem is that it throws an error when started only on ...
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ThinkPad X1 Extreme Battery discharging issues
I have a ThinkPad X1 Extreme running Win 11. These ThinkPads don't have a good reputation for battery life, but the battery seems to discharge very quickly while in sleep or hibernation. Today I ...
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2019 laptop, charges much faster and dies much faster, no previous battery problems, this was sudden
The estimated battery time left jumps from a few hours to a few minutes,my energy report says "The battery stored less than 40% of the Designed Capacity the last time the battery was fully ...
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Laptop battery replaced. Does not charge or display any status. Just blinks. Third different brands' battery going. Still no solution
First I need to say that this may be a little confusing text of some parts, because I had to combine different things I recalled, while writing this. Also English is not my primary language, so there ...
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Frequent BSODs on Windows laptop
I recently had frequent BSOD on my Windows system. These were mostly when on battery. So I started using always plugged in. But today, I got BSOD when on battery when running docker build . command ...
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How do I set a custom battery % to turn on Windows Battery Saver?
You used to be able to set the battery level that triggers Battery Saver to turn on with a high level of granularity in Windows settings, but after recent updates, it can only be set to turn on at &...
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Alarm when battery is fully charged on laptop - Third party app [duplicate]
I would like to get an alert (with sound) when my laptop battery is fully charged.
I checked many softwares on the net and none of them has that capability.
Also there is a depricated thread on ...
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use DC power while plugged in without charging the battery?
I'm aware that keeping the battery fully charged is bad for the battery health. However, I often need to use my computer and it easily consumes a lot of battery power in a short time. (connected to an ...
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Can I under volt my processor without causing damages?
I have a Intel 1280p and the lowest clock speeds is around 400Mhz, times 20, so it tends to draw a lot of power at idle, is there a way to lower it without parking the cores to reduce power? it is ...
