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    New T-6836 warning me 'battery low' at 96%?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by shmoe010, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. shmoe010

    shmoe010 Notebook Guru

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    I just got a new T-6836 ($649 best buy special) and it's continually giving me 'low battery' errors, even though it has about 4 hours remaining. I don't know if it's the computer or just vista being horrible, but does anyone have any idea? Is it something I should be worried about (i.e. indicating a bad battery) or is vista just confused?
     
    shmoe010, Jul 23, 2008
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  2. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    That happened on my other Gateway. Someone just made a boo-boo at the factory and set Vista to alarm at 96% left instead of the normal 5% left. It can be changed in the Power options.
     
    Dook, Jul 24, 2008
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    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    Noticed the other day at 96% mine warned me. Strange...
     
    KGann, Jul 24, 2008
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  4. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    just go into power settings of the specific power plan you use and the value of low battery notification
     
    royk50, Jul 24, 2008
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