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    battery health checking?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by afhstingray, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    Hi, it seems like the new version of HWmonitor does not have the battery information anymore. what software do you guys recommend i use to check out my battery status (it dosent seem to be holding as much of a charge as before)?

    thanks in advance
     
    afhstingray, Mar 24, 2011
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  2. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

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    BatteryBar?
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Mar 24, 2011
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  3. J&SinKTO

    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    Concur on BatteryBar - great little app
     
    J&SinKTO, Mar 24, 2011
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  4. Falco152

    Falco152 Notebook Demon

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    You could also try HWinfo32, which shows a bit more.

    Anyways if HWmonitor doesn't show up, then it most likely also batterybar doesn't show correctly as well.
     
    Falco152, Mar 24, 2011
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  5. KingRaptor

    KingRaptor Notebook Evangelist

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    Disagree. Batterybar shows my Dell battery's capacity while HWmonitor used to (but not anymore.) Same applies to my Acer TimelineX.
     
    KingRaptor, Mar 24, 2011
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  6. Falco152

    Falco152 Notebook Demon

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    Odd, reads fine on mine. My model released half a year ago.

    I had this issue before in one of my reformat, but resolved it by rolling back my bios to get it seen. Then update back up.
     
    Falco152, Mar 24, 2011
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  7. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Notebook Hardware Control has a nice one, but I think it runs on 32bit only. I use BatteryBarPro and agree with others, it's a nice app'



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    Cin', Mar 24, 2011
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  8. davidfor

    davidfor Notebook Consultant

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    HWMonitor V1.16 showed the battery details but V1.17 doesn't. As the version history doesn't say anything about dropping the feature, I assume it is a bug. I've gone back to V1.16 until a new release comes out. But, I normally use BatteryBar for the battery details and HWMonitor for the temperatures.
     
    davidfor, Mar 24, 2011
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