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Posted by - Bobb - on November 13, 2007, 4:22 pm
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>> My Compaq Presario v6000*** gives NO WARNING before it shuts down when
>> the battery gets low. No popup or sound. Battery life itself also
>> seems short, about 1.5 hour.
>
>I don't know about Compaq but my thinkpads have an option in the power
>saving setups to set the percentage of battery you want to be notified
>at. If you dumped all the preinstall programs then you probably won't
>have an option. It probably has/had a battery management program.
>
HP/Compaq set that way also - go to Control Panel - POWER Mgmt
There you'll find different options - desktop/laptop/always on /etc
Under each you can adjust 2 things:
1. WHEN to notify you ( when x minutes left ) , and
2. WHEN to shutdown ( with y minutes left ).
So if you set to NEVER notify you and to NEVER shutdown, it will run until
it dies without warning you. Adjust those 2 settings .
As for lasting only 1.5 hrs, it might just be that way it is set right now
that the battery it always completely drained each time and chemicals are
wearing out ( depends on type: Lithium-Ion, Ni-Cad, etc) One type is best
to recharge with 30-50% left, other is ok to drain.
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