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    Y580 and battery state reset

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vorob, May 14, 2013.

  1. vorob

    vorob Notebook Deity

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    Hi!

    I rearly use battery so i enabled 60% mode on my y580. Lately i was working on battery on notices weird situation. Battery drainig was like 60-59-58...20-19-18 and then it sad battery is 0 and hybernated. Checked battery state via HWInfo but its new, absolutely new.

    I need to recalibrate it via lenovo energy tool? Is it ok? Cause i have a friend, with same y580 who pushed the button and his laptop stopped working on AC, only on battery.
     
    vorob, May 14, 2013
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  2. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    The first thing you should do is to do a full battery discharge / recharge. This will re-calibrate the battery meter.

    There is an option in Lenovo Energy Management for this. See screenshot below.

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    If you don't have Lenovo Energy Management installed, then you can manually discharge / recharge the battery. First, disable 60% mode. Next, boot the laptop into BIOS mode (do not boot into Windows) and let the battery drain fully to 0%. Then, leave the laptop off, plug in the AC adapter, and let it charge fully up to 100%. That will manually replicate what the Lenovo Energy Management function does.
     
    kent1146, May 14, 2013
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  3. Stuntman312

    Stuntman312 Newbie

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    Could you tell me if your friend manage to solve a problem after trying battery gauge reset on lenovo Y580, I heard that this problem is somehow connected with a motherboard. If so, do yo know how much will it cost to repair it?
     
    Stuntman312, Jun 25, 2013
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