windows 10 battery indicator

Saint_Mel · 2016-08-07 07:17:04

Just got a laptop that had Win10 installed. Noticed the battery indicator is a bit mental. Fully charge shows 5.5 hrs... 10 mins later it drops to 2hrs...another half hour it pops up to 4hrs. Completely unreliable. Anyone else having this or a possible solution.

07-08-2016 07:17AM

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Saint_Mel

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Just got a laptop that had Win10 installed. Noticed the battery indicator is a bit mental. Fully charge shows 5.5 hrs... 10 mins later it drops to 2hrs...another half hour it pops up to 4hrs. Completely unreliable.

Anyone else having this or a possible solution.

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#2 08-08-2016 03:04PM

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Assuming your battery isn't actually on the way out, try Batterybar Pro - the basic/free version works just fine for status and battery wear tracking.

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#3 11-08-2016 10:58PM

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To see how your battery is doing try
powercfg /batteryreport /output "%temp%\battery_report.html"
start "%temp%\battery_report.html"

DESIGN CAPACITY 47,520 mWh - this is the real 100%
FULL CHARGE CAPACITY 28,105 mWh - windows can set this as the new 100%

run this to see tips
powercfg -energy

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