Progress Bar
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Name: anarklov3r
Date: August 24, 2005 at 00:45:23 Pacific
Subject: Progress BarOS: Windows XP SP2CPU/Ram: p4 3.5 ghz, 512 mb ddr |
Comment: Hey people, i have a half faulty battery for my laptop. the windwos battery monitor thingy says its 100% when full charged, but when i disconnect, it drops to 0% very quickly (1 min max) but the battery lasts for well over 2 hours. if i use Passmarks BatteryMon, and check the battery status it still tells me it is 0%. When the battery is full charged, it is 13v, and just before it dies it is ~9v. can i make a VB program or anything that will makie a progress bar type program (something very simple) that will use those 2 values (13v and 9v) as 100% and 0$ respectively. all i want to know is amount of Volts remaining since the battery monitor is not working. any experience programmers willing to help me a little bit?
Thank you in advanced,
Anarklov3r
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Response Number 1
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Name: wizard-fred
Date: August 24, 2005 at 09:01:34 Pacific
Subject: Progress Bar |
Reply: (edit)The battery voltage is not the true indicator of battery life. Each battery type has a different discharge curve. As the battery ages the discharge curve changes. Some of the smarter batteries have a builtin discharge meter. It actually measures the current used, not the voltage.
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Response Number 2
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Name: anarklov3r
Date: August 25, 2005 at 04:31:18 Pacific
Subject: Progress Bar |
Reply: (edit)well how would i measure the current instead?? i really want to get this working :D any help would be greatly appreciated
Anarklov3r
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Response Number 3
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Name: wizard-fred
Date: August 25, 2005 at 08:38:52 Pacific
Subject: Progress Bar |
Reply: (edit)There is no easy way of resetting the battery meter. Do you have access to a new battery? That would be the best comparison. I too have laptops with old dying batteries. I just live with it and estimate remaining life as x minutes after warning. I have spare batteries of various remaining life. There is no simple solution except replacment with a new battery.
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Response Number 4
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Name: anarklov3r
Date: August 25, 2005 at 14:40:35 Pacific
Subject: Progress Bar |
Reply: (edit)I get a low power warning as soon as i dissconect the powercable. its hard to determine howlong i have left to run while im working.the battery isnt dead, just like.. yer... if you read above itwilll telll yo uwhat my problem is. ciao
anarklov3r
thank you inadvanced
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