Comments on: Easily Know Battery Remaining Time and Battery Wear with BatteryBar http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/ Daily updated news of useful advanced computer tips and tricks Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Any Ware http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-515075 Any Ware Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:05:13 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-515075 Good Day, It looks like BatteryBar doesn't support Windows XP Mode. I hope the future version will support virtual Machine. Good Day,

It looks like BatteryBar doesn’t support Windows XP Mode. I hope the future version will support virtual Machine.

]]> By: Stuart Armstrong http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-442925 Stuart Armstrong Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:40:17 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-442925 My laptop has only the default power managment system installed (either it's part of windows xp or part of the OEM package). I've had it for 7 years. The battery icon shows the % remaining and I can set alarms to warn me when it getting low (say 5%) and hibernate when it's very low (3%). It used to work very well. But one day the laptop just died suddenly without warning when it said there was still 15% remaining battery. This began to be a regular occurance. Gradually the time moved up to 20% ... 40% ... now 75%. One would expect a new battery would solve the problem, but the new battery behaves exactly the same way! The laptop shuts down with 75+% remaining battery after only 20 minutes - it used to go 2.5 to 3.5 hours. I think the shut-off circuitry is not in tune with the battery. I don't think it's really discharging much, just the laptop's power supply quits too early. How does the battery standard battery % calculator work? Is it based on how much battery it thinks it should have? Or does it look at the actual battery voltage and calculate based on that? My laptop has only the default power managment system installed (either it’s part of windows xp or part of the OEM package). I’ve had it for 7 years. The battery icon shows the % remaining and I can set alarms to warn me when it getting low (say 5%) and hibernate when it’s very low (3%). It used to work very well.
But one day the laptop just died suddenly without warning when it said there was still 15% remaining battery. This began to be a regular occurance. Gradually the time moved up to 20% … 40% … now 75%.
One would expect a new battery would solve the problem, but the new battery behaves exactly the same way! The laptop shuts down with 75+% remaining battery after only 20 minutes – it used to go 2.5 to 3.5 hours. I think the shut-off circuitry is not in tune with the battery. I don’t think it’s really discharging much, just the laptop’s power supply quits too early.
How does the battery standard battery % calculator work? Is it based on how much battery it thinks it should have? Or does it look at the actual battery voltage and calculate based on that?

]]> By: Chris Thompson http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-425870 Chris Thompson Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:18:16 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-425870 BatteryInfo is similar to BatteryBar, but they are different. 1. BatteryBar is compatible with XP, Vista, and Windows 7, both x86 and x64 version. BatteryInfo is only XP. 2. BatteryBar uses historical battery information to determine time remaining. BatteryInfo does not. 3. BatteryBar (newest beta) support custom themes BatteryInfo is similar to BatteryBar, but they are different.

1. BatteryBar is compatible with XP, Vista, and Windows 7, both x86 and x64 version. BatteryInfo is only XP.

2. BatteryBar uses historical battery information to determine time remaining. BatteryInfo does not.

3. BatteryBar (newest beta) support custom themes

]]> By: khiang http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-420073 khiang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:02:43 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-420073 anyone has try and compare battery info 1.2 with battery bar? battery info can download from here .... http://home.arcor.de/notebookbatteryinfodownload/bi_1_2_0_21.rar anyone has try and compare battery info 1.2 with battery bar?

battery info can download from here ….

http://home.arcor.de/notebookbatteryinfodownload/bi_1_2_0_21.rar

]]> By: tartooob http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-419516 tartooob Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:58:25 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-419516 wow, amazing tool. will install on all of my laptops ! wow, amazing tool. will install on all of my laptops !

]]> By: shibu http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-419033 shibu Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:28:10 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-419033 Thanks for this nice tool mate. It shows Battery Wear 18% and my laptop is hardly one month old. What could be the problem?? Thanks for this nice tool mate. It shows Battery Wear 18% and my laptop is hardly one month old. What could be the problem??

]]> By: Adam http://www.raymond.cc/blog/easily-know-battery-remaining-time-and-battery-wear-with-batterybar/#comment-418900 Adam Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:53:36 +0000 http://www.raymond.cc/blog/?p=3243#comment-418900 Works on Win 2000 too! Works on Win 2000 too!

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