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    Bios Charger Behavior

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by shifttab, Sep 11, 2011.

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    shifttab Notebook Geek

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    shifttab, Sep 11, 2011
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    jasong888 Notebook Enthusiast

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    interesting...i had no idea that you could do that thru bios setup. is it actually true though that it will maintain a better LiIon battery? and is there a way to tell, without turning on the laptop, that your laptop battery is fully charged?
     
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    Well not sure if you can tell its fully charged or not...but by pressing the battery indicator at the bottom of the laptop...you can see the level of the battery!!
     
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    I can report back and say that after disabling the charger behavior feature, my laptop solely runs on the AC adapter now. My battery has been sitting in the same percentage the entire day while the AC was plugged in. Even turn off the computer and leaving the AC plugged in doesn't charge the battery.
     
    shifttab, Sep 12, 2011
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