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Low Battery Warning

by wgoforth Jul 14, 2008 8:53AM PDT

I have a brand new Gateway M-1626. Windows Vista Premium Home, 64 bit.

I get a low battery warning every couple of minutes, wven when battery is 97, 98, 99% charged. It tells me "your battery is low, 99%, if you continue to use your computer, please plug it in." I get this, even though it shows I still have a couple of hours to go. I don't know that anything is harmed by this, but it certainly is annoying! I have called Gateway, and they said they have never seen that before.

Any way to kill those warning?

Thanks

Wayne

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Next call.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 14, 2008 9:52AM PDT

This is a warranty issue. It was delivered defective so you should move fast to get your money back so you can go get another good one. Why would you keep this one?

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Defective?
by wgoforth Jul 14, 2008 12:01PM PDT

The problem is that other than the popup, there doesn't seem to be a problem. The battery still lasts long enough, it's just that it tells me every time there is even a 1% drop in the battery charge. That is, at 99%, 98%, 97%, etc. Seems like there should be some way to select a "never show again" or at what percent it should warn.

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Today, people are accepting defects?
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 14, 2008 10:33PM PDT

If that is all then are you saying you are willing to put up with makers that deliver products with annoying defects?

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Reset
by wgoforth Jul 16, 2008 2:11AM PDT

Odd, now that I have "reset" the battery, the warnings have stopped!

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(NT) Reminds me of cars not long ago...
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 16, 2008 2:47AM PDT
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How to fix
by ishnar Aug 30, 2008 11:22AM PDT

I've this problem too. For some reason my advanced power setting for low battery defaulted to 99% with my Gateway laptop. If you go into advanced power options you can change this to a more appropriate 30% or so.

right click the battery in the tray - power options - change when the computer sleeps - Changed advanced power settings -

There is a drop-down menu for each plan, you will have to set it to each plan you want to change before progressing.

Battery - low battery level
Change from 99% to something more appropriate.

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Look at the above.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Aug 30, 2008 11:30AM PDT

The laptop maker issued a fixed BIOS.

In your case be sure that your laptop manual doesn't mention some BATTERY CALIBRATION. I can't look for you since you didn't share the make AND model number.
Bob

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Re: How to fix
by smith3171b Dec 13, 2009 7:08AM PST

Thanks, ishnar,

That addresses the problem nicely. That was a very minor annoyance, but it's nice to see the problem resolved.

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