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    Battery Time Left?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by SonOfUncleSam, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. SonOfUncleSam

    SonOfUncleSam Newbie

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    Hey guys, another question for you. Is there a way I can configure my laptop (DV9535nr) to show how much battery time I have left? My old laptop would tell me 1:30 left, it had really crappy battery life. Anyways when I hover over the battery icon on this HP laptop, it just says X% remaining instead of showing the time too..
     
    SonOfUncleSam, Sep 10, 2007
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    This is just a guess, but if you right click on the battery icon and go to properties or settings or something similar, do you have an option to change from % left to time left? I seem to recall that it's an option. Another thing you could do would be to install a third-party monitoring system, like NHC.
     
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    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I think alot of the new Vista laptops don't show the time left on the battery.
    On program that does work is RMClock, but it does not show it in the tray, you have to go to battery info and then device
     
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