How to get the battery remaining time on my laptop to show?
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Right-click on icon and select Open Power Meter. \nThen try again.
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there is a software called "accumulator training utility". this utility calibrate the "smart chipset" of a notebook battery.\nit does not work for defective batteries, for older and apple notebooks.\n\nhave a look for this utility on ebay in the category notebook batteries.\n\nin my humble opinion this utility is crap, but could work for batteries that have been always decharged only to 50% before recharging again.
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ok first of all check your adapter weather its working or not. For this you can use digital or analog A/C D/C meter. If the adater is working fine the next thing is your main battery pack of laptop. Usually all manufactures only give 1 year warranty for battery pack and in some casses battery pack did not work properly due to extensive charging . If it is in warranty then go to your dealer from where you buy the laptop. The third and final diagnoses for this problem is the system board of your laptop. Because sometimes due tp spike of electricity cause damage to the system board of laptop and make it unabel to charge the battery or even start with the adapter pluged in. \n\nSo if your system board is damaged and its not under warranty then I suggest to get a new one dude.
934414
try going to control panel and then performance and maintenance and then power options. there's settings here that prolong the life of the battery so try changing your power scheme if it's set for max battery maybe?
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change ur motherboard battery( cell that will be just like in a scientific calculator and set the date once again) it never goes wrong until the power of the battery or the cell is good
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Try Change the motherboard battery. It is completely different from the laptop battery and is inside. It keeps time when your computer is shut off. It might have become weak.
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You'll need to take the laptop apart and find the CMOS battery. It looks like a watch battery attached to your laptops motherboard. Take it out for 45 seconds, then put it back in. This sets your BIOS back to defaults and also removes your password. I wouldn't suggest doing this if you've never been inside a laptop.
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IF THIS COMPAQ IS  NEWER THAN 3OR4 YRS  IT IS SIMPLE.  THAT BATTERY THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF  IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NICKEL  ?  THAT BATTERY IS CALLED A CMOS  BATTERY .FIRST  OFF TRY CHANGING YOUR TIME SETTINGS IN CONTROL PANEL.I`LL  ASSUME ITS A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ISSUE .  WHEN THAT BATTERY GETS OLD  OTHER THINGS WILL HAPPEN B4 YOUR CLOCKGOES  AWRY   CMOS  STANDS FOR  [COMPLIMENTARY  METAL  OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR] YA I KNOW    WHILE YOU ARE  REMOVING CMOS  1ST  DISCONNECT POWER  2ND  USE A  PLASTIC  DEVICE TO GENTLY REMOVEIT. 3RD  WHILE  YOU ARE  IN YOUR CAGE MAKE SURE  ONE OF  YOUR HANDS IS TOUCHING THE METAL PART OF THE CAGE TO DISCHARGE THE BODIES STATIC ELECTRICITY.STATIC DISCHARGE CAN FRY YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM RARELY .THE BATTERY   IS PROBABLY A CR2032. ENERGIZER
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Hate to even ask this...but you might want to check that the laptop has a hard drive in it. I've seen a couple people send in their laptops because they were still under warranty and the company "forgot" to put the hard drive back in it.\n\nTry to enter the BIOS when you turn on the laptop. (the exact key to press can be found in my first source link)\n\nYou should be looking for something similar to this:\nhttp://www.paul.sladen.org/lights-out/screenshots-original/bios-date-time.png\n\nMake sure that it recognizes a hard drive in there.\n\nIf it doesn't, then the hard drive may have crashed and will need to be replaced.\n\nIf you have any other questions, feel free to message me.
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Without the model number it's going to be hard to tell you where it is exactly, but I've seen the switch on the side of the laptop. Look all around on the outside. Good luck.
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If the battery is DEAD, then get another. \n\nTry http://www.laptops4less.com\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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try going to display properties -> screen saver -> power settings. there should be an ajustment for monitors.
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Is your computer plugged in?  Can you be a little less specific?
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Turn your laptop off and turn it over.  Somewhere on the bottom, there should be a compartment that contains a battery that is used to keep time when the computer is off.  Open the compartment, and take the battery out for at least 2 minutes, and then replace it.   Your computer should unlock.
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you said your laptop is 3 years old. if the battery is of the same age you're a lucky person. a battery seldom last that long when used daily (that's my personal experience).\nas already mentioned before, the battery is gone and you have to replace it.
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when you popped the battery out, did you also disconnect the power input at that time? let it sit about 10-20 minutes with no battery and not plugged in.\nFailing that try pushing a paper-clip in the small hole on the right-hand side of your laptop, just forwards of the PC-Card slots.\nThis is a common location for the hard reset switch on many laptops (not sure if yours is in the same place)
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you have to adjust your power settings in your OS X partition.\n\nApple>System Preferences>Energy Saver\n\nmy battery lasts 4-5 hours typically on moderately high energy use.