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    NP8662 Windows 7 battery bar question

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Boxcar, Sep 21, 2009.

  1. Boxcar

    Boxcar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello. It's been a while since I posted on here. My last laptop ran like a champ for the basic stuff but I wanted something a little more fun to play with. I've been reading this section of the forum for a while now. Well my NP8662 just showed up today. Windows 7 7600 x64 install went smoothly but I can't seem to get the battery bar to show "Time Remaining". All I see is the percentage of battery life left. I did a couple of searches and couldn't find this issue listed. Is there a way around this? Hoping I'm missing something.

    NP8662
    Windows 7 x64 build 7600
    Newest chipset driver installed (as recommended in another thread)
    IATA89ATA installed (as recommended in another thread)

    Bios
    Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies LTD
    Version : 1.02.16S LS1
    Date : 07/23/2009
    Firmware 1.0.13(?)
    Setting selected: Vista and AHCI
     
    Boxcar, Sep 21, 2009
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    I've never seen the "Time Remaining" on the battery icon on my M860(E)TU, neither in Windows 7 nor in Vista.
     
    5482741, Sep 21, 2009
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  3. theriko

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    Unfortunately, this is a feature that has to be supported by the motherboard/battery, and clevo doesn't support it.

    There are a few apps that extrapolate battery time remaining, I use 'iStat battery mod2' sidebar gadget
     
    theriko, Sep 22, 2009
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    Boxcar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you both!
     
    Boxcar, Sep 22, 2009
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  5. NiteShdw

    NiteShdw Company Representative

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    BatteryBar will also show you time remaining. I use it on my netbook.
     
    NiteShdw, Oct 6, 2009
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