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    HP Notebook Won't Calculating Battey Time Remaining

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Biomorphic, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. Biomorphic

    Biomorphic Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys.

    On several notebooks, I have seen a feature which tells you how many hours and minutes you have remaining until the battery dies.

    Like, if you click the battery icon, you can usually see it there.

    Do HP notebooks have that?

    However, I'm not after the third party programs. I'm looking for the HP software to do it.

    If anyone knows anything about the HP time remaining thing, I would really appreciate it.

    Thanks in advance
     
    Biomorphic, Jun 10, 2009
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  2. optimustarzan

    optimustarzan Notebook Deity

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    Yes, all HP notebooks after 2007 don't show battery time. I use batterybar. Its free and it shows time etc.
     
    optimustarzan, Jun 10, 2009
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  3. hustheman

    hustheman Notebook Evangelist

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    is there a reason for this? i've always been confused why its not an included feature
     
    hustheman, Jun 12, 2009
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  4. optimustarzan

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    I have no idea. I think it was a stupid decision.
     
    optimustarzan, Jun 13, 2009
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  5. solidquality

    solidquality Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think it depends on you OS cause I had Win 7 in my wife HP 6530B it show the remaining batery with Hours/minute :D
     
    solidquality, Jun 13, 2009
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    SDreamer Notebook Consultant

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    I use the sidebar gadget from http://www.julien-manici.com/ to calculate it. Also sometimes easier to just set that on always on top so I can see how much better I have left.
     
    SDreamer, Jun 13, 2009
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  7. Biomorphic

    Biomorphic Notebook Geek

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    Vista doesn't have that option, it will only show a percentage.
    I hear Windows 7 will have that feature though.
     
    Biomorphic, Jun 13, 2009
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    That is not correct. I have a Toshiba and it shows it. So does my friends' Dell and Asus. It is only HP, as it is disabled in the bios for some reason.
     
    optimustarzan, Jun 13, 2009
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  9. Biomorphic

    Biomorphic Notebook Geek

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    I suspect that what is displayed is determined by the power
    management drivers, so there are no settings that can be adjusted. Time
    remaining under battery power is very dependent on the level of usage as
    well, so any estimations of time remaining (which is all those really are,
    estimates) based on percentage of discharge could be off considerably if
    usage is heavy or light.
     
    Biomorphic, Jun 13, 2009
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  10. hustheman

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    i have win7 and it still doesnt show time it only shows percent
     
    hustheman, Jun 13, 2009
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  11. Biomorphic

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    What happens when you hover your mouse over the battery icon on the taskbar?
    My HP notebook only shows the percentage. But not how much time remaining in hours and minutes I think HP disabled that option not sure why though.
     
    Biomorphic, Jun 14, 2009
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