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    NP5160 randomly shut down with 50% battery life left

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by geoxile, Jun 14, 2011.

  1. geoxile

    geoxile Notebook Geek

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    I was playing a bit of minecraft and it just shut down with a click. Should I be worried?
     
    geoxile, Jun 14, 2011
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    best not to play games on battery but that sounds strange it just shutting off.
    download Battery Care and see how much the % actually is.
     
    MrDJ, Jun 14, 2011
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Could you power the computer on battery after it shut down? If not, then your battery is at minimal charge and needs to be plugged into the A/C. As stated, get a program like Battery Care or Battery Bar to calculate battery wear.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 14, 2011
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  4. geoxile

    geoxile Notebook Geek

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    Yea I could, it was at 48% or so IIRC. Used it fine for another 30 minutes until I shut it down to leave
     
    geoxile, Jun 14, 2011
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  5. Electric Shock

    Electric Shock Notebook Evangelist

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    Your battery meter might be out of calibration. Get some calibration software and run it.

    If this only happened once, it could just be a freak problem/crash, etc.
     
    Electric Shock, Jun 14, 2011
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  6. Mr_Mysterious

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    Lol, nice try everyone.

    You have to go into advanced power options management and set the "go into hibernate" to whatever percentage you want.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Jun 14, 2011
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  7. Aznkorealee

    Aznkorealee Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I can pretty much bet what Mr.Mysterious said is true. I had that problem with my ASUS once and I was so frustrated for days cuz the laptop would always shut off at 40%. In the advanced power options management you'll see that there are settings:

    High performance, Balanced, Power Savers (btw some are different depending on what 3rd party power management software you have)

    And you might want to configure it for each power management settings too. ;)
     
    Aznkorealee, Jun 15, 2011
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