Possible to check how many watts my battery is receiving??

I start up my laptop and im greeted with your battery pack is provided your 90w battery with only 65w of power, system could under perform ect,

so I check my battery pack and it says 90w..... strange??

I recently had my graphics card and motherboard replaced on my dell xps m1530 and since then, i am constantly greeted with this message!

is it possible to check how much power my laptop is actually receiving??

and will this be the problem for my low fps in games since the replacement ?? !

thanks again

 

I'm going to assume that you mean the power adapter brick, not the battery, as all batteries for the M1530 output the same, their capacity is different from 6 to 9 cell however.

If you are getting that error after your motherboard replacement, there is most likely a problem with the motherboard. If not, then there is something with the power brick. Dell's chargers have a special chip in them that sends a signal to the laptop so it knows its a Genuine Dell Charger and also the wattage.

Your computer will perform fine at the 65W, so you don't have to worry about it hurting anything. The battery will charge slower. And it could be the issue for your low FPS as the computer may be downclocking some processors to accommodate for the lower wattage.

I'd contact Dell via Dell Chat (easy way to take care of a small issue like this) and get them to send you a new power brick or a new motherboard again.

 

Tmaxxtim pretty much covered all of it. I'll add that if you haven't done so already, try updating to the latest BIOS and seeing if that solves the problem. With these things, sometimes it does, but most of the time, it doesn't.