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    No battery life time remaining? NP2090

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ocho, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. ocho

    ocho Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm running Vista Home Premium on my Sager NP2090 and when it's running on battery power it won't tell me my estimated time remaining. I realize such indicators are usually inaccurate, but it still would be nice to have.

    Is this a common problem? If so can it be fixed?

    Edit: I wish I could edit the title, it didn't come out like I wanted.
     
    ocho, Aug 31, 2007
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  2. Voodoofreak

    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    Does your 2090 show the correct status in Power Options under Control Panel when running on battery?

    I had the exact same problem with my 2090 and I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
     
    Voodoofreak, Aug 31, 2007
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    The only way I found was to install NHC....after a few minutes running it tells you the estimated TIME left. NHC won't run on Vista64 though...
    Good luck!
     
    By ToR, Sep 2, 2007
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  4. ocho

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    Yeah, I'm running x64...Oh, well I'll give up for now. I hope NHC updates to 64 bit soon.
     
    ocho, Sep 3, 2007
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    you can try RMclock for battery life info, although the estimated battery life isn't accurate for me (48mins left at 94% charge while NHC reports 1.5 hrs both aren't reliable).
     
    hirush, Sep 3, 2007
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    I was not able to run RMClock on Vista64 either....
     
    By ToR, Sep 3, 2007
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    Best way is to determine battery life yourself. Try counting how much time it takes to use up 1% battery life. From there you can come up with estimated remaining time. It often isn't too far off from NHC.
     
    hirush, Sep 3, 2007
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    I use XP, and RMclock or NHC won't give the estimates. Not even the power consumption. Is there any software I have forgot to install?
     
    cowai, Dec 22, 2007
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