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    Notice says "Battery charge is low" but the gauge in the bubble is green??

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by mvpprecise, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. mvpprecise

    mvpprecise Notebook Guru

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    When I mouse over the battery charge meter it says "Battery charge is low" but at the same time the bubble has a green 90 % charge meter. What's going on? Is any else getting this? Do I need to recalibrate?
     
    mvpprecise, Jul 2, 2008
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  2. PBC84

    PBC84 Newbie

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    Mine does the same thing. It can be fully charged, I unplug the power supply and it immediately pops up a warning box like "Battery is low 99% remaining 3h 37m"
    I have used my 6860FX for about an hour and a half on the battery after this message and had no issues. Seems to be some sort of bug in windows.
     
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    andrewe1 Notebook Consultant

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    Go to your advanced power settings, by default vista is set to display a low battery warning after 99% lol......just set it to 15-10% and you are set :)

    cheers
     
    andrewe1, Jul 2, 2008
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