battery

I installed MSDN RC build on my Dell laptop a week ago. Twice I've come out of sleep and the operating system freezes after about 30 seconds. No keys or mouse are responsive. I have to hard boot. I had this happen to me in Beta when I put the laptop to sleep and after awoke it running on battery...

Many manufacturers provided a laptop battery calibration program, a Windows version and BIOS version, it is best to use these programs to correction, Use the correct charger Notebook computer power consumption is much larger than cell phones, power needs and at the same time the battery is...

I'm operating on a Dell Inspiron 1501 and since I installed Windows 7, the programme is telling me that my computer has no battery. The battery works normally but the indicator don't. what can i do to resolve the problem? PS: i installed windows 7 without battery

I'm running Compaq Presario CQ40 with the following hardware: Windows 7 build 7057 Intel Pentium Dual CPU T3200 @ 2 GHz RAM 1 GB The problem that i'm having is that windows constantly changes the battery indicator to show that i have little or no juice left even when i'm plugged in...

if the laptop lid is closed it enters sleep on no battery when i noticed it would lockup upon resume being a black screen or the "locked" screen with cursor disabled and nothing responding with the power light green as if it resumed normally which only a reboot would resolve. 99% related to the...

I am running windows7 in dell vostro 1400 portable machine, everything is ok except for brightness under battery use. the screen is very dark and all configurations under battery usage are made to brightness full. By now is not possible to use windows 7 under battery option in portable

I discovered the other day that my Dell Latitude D400 (Intel 855GM chipset) was not being throttled back to 600Mhz when the load on the CPU was low. Instead it was pegged at 1700Mhz. Unfortunately it looks like Windows 7 doesn't support CPU scaling on the Centrino / Pentium M based systems...

I can't seem to figure out how to enable time remaining indicator for my laptop battery. It only displays a percentage. Any suggestions?

Hi, can anyone recommend a site to buy a new laptop battery. Mine is wasted, windows says I have less than 25% capacity available and it lasts about 15 minutes. Thanks

I did some registry thing so my computer will do nothing when the battery is low because my battery reads low all the time on any OS. Not really a bug but funny to look at.

I have a bit of a question concerning the notification area icons... when moving to build 6801.... i didnt see any particular changes to these...( power, volume, wifi etc) now having moved up to build 7000. all the icons are white and basic versions of there previously coloured counterparts, and...

I heard rumor the battery life in Win7 is supposed to be better than in Vista. Currently, I am experiencing worse battery life, like around 70% or so. I am running Beta 1 downloaded from the MSDN site and using the "Balanced" power setting. How has everyone elses experience been with...

Hi guys, I'm new here because I'm having some trouble with my laptop. Since this evening, everytime I startup vista it freezes at the desktop. It starts to load the sidebar and then freezes, I can't seem to do anything, even open the task manager. The computer seems to run fine on safe mode...

I have 4 months old laptop. Battery is 100% charged, After 2 days in ac power it shows 98%, plugged not charging. Then if I use the battery for a while less than 95% and if i plugged it in ac power, it starts charging and become 100%, fully charged. After two days it show 98%, plugged not...

I have a 4 Months old laptop with Vista Home Permium. After 100% charged, After 1 or todays if working in AC Power, Battery Meter shows 98%, plugged in not charging. Even replaced the battery with a new one. Still the same problem. Any solution? Thanx in adv.

Anybody got solution for a acer laptop with Vista that although it says it is shutting down never does so and only solution so far has been to "nervously" disconnect battery:(

My UPS has been having a problem, and about a month ago, I found that 'my' UPS was not working as a voltage stabilizer. But I don't know if UPS is generally designed to work as a voltage stabilizer. Is it?