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    Windows 10 Missing power level indicator

    My battery level indicator suddenly disappeared from the system tray. I hadn't been tinkering or done anything I'm aware of to make it go away. It's just gone and I had to wait for the low battery message from Windows. But how do I know when it's fully charged to avoid killing battery life...
    • SevenPontiacs
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    • battery charge level disappearing indicator notifications power settings system tray troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Battery Issues on Sager X8100: Random Shutdowns and Charging Warnings

    I've been having some issues with my battery. I have a Sager X8100 gaming laptop. Specs are i7 Q840, dual Nvidia 285m in SLI, 8gbs RAM, windows 7 64 bit. Its a fairly old rig.. 2009 or 2010 not sure which. I bought it used in 2012. Had a 1 year warranty. I noticed the battery wouldn't keep it...
    • 1badninja
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    • battery charge level gaming hardware graphical intensive laptop laptop specs msi afterburner old hardware overheating performance issues plugged in power plan power settings sager x8100 shutdown sli sp1 installation update issues windows 7
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 8 How does Windows 8 show the 20% lost battery capacity ?

    Hello, As a student I had quite a lot of trouble with my previous laptop's battery. It had an autonomy of 4h in the beginning, but one day, while it still had 50%, it suddenly dropped to zero for some reason, and after that incident the battery has never exceeded 50% charge again. So I had to...
    • Ruka
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    • asus t300la battery battery damage battery health battery icon battery life battery management brightness capacity charge level charges false reading laptop lithium-ion power management students troubleshooting user autonomy windows 7 windows 8
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support