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    Battery monitoring tools

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by evilid, Jun 25, 2009.

  1. evilid

    evilid Notebook Consultant

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    I had used batterybar on three laptops.
    Toshiba laptop (2 years old) showed 0% wear, Acer laptop (3 days old) showed 5.2% wear, and Sony laptop (1 year old) showed 8% wear.
    This made me wonder how accurate this batterybar is.
    It could be totally inaccurate (Toshiba and Acer ones) and could be reasonable (Sony one).

    I don't know whether this inaccuracy results from hardware such as the chip on the battery or software.
    Could you anyone recommend a better battery monitoring tool or solution?
    Thanks.
     
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    evilid Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, Indrek.
    I will take information from monitoring tools with a grain of salt.

    Then anyone know a program that can control the battery charge behavior function such as Lenovo Power Manager?
     
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