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Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**, when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

I ran the troubleshooter for Power. 3 tiny changes, probably udoing
settings I wanted. A google page said to run the troubleshooter for
devices and something but neither was listed.

When it was a good time, I hibernated it and measured the voltage of the charger. It was about 19v.

Google suggested Device Manager, Battery, disable and then enable all
the items in battery. I did that and when I went to *enable* the second
one, the screen went blank. Pressing the power button caused it to say Resuming Windows (a message I dont' think I've ever seen before) and
indeed it quickly resumed where I'd been. I don't think this paragraph
helps, but I"m being complete.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

**It did have a MS cumulative update 2 days ago, and one poster thought
that a window update messed up his charging, but I doubt that's what it
is. OTOH, I had a MS update a couple years ago that totally disabled my computer, until I learned to back it out, so who knows?

I haven't moved the laptop in 6 weeks and I keep it charging all the
time, with the battery normally at 100%. But Nir Sofer's program, BatteryInfoView, says it's 0%. How did it go, it seems, from 100 to 0%
so quickly? Because the charging light is only blue when it's fully
charged and it's amber or red other times. It went, I'm 99% sure,
straight from blue to red, 0%.

Any other newgroups still active that would know about this. I think the
2nd and 3rd here are dormant.

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Hello

micky <[email protected]> schrieb

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.
...(several years old)...
...Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

wild guess: the battery is dead.
Change ist and see.

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating.

The protective electronics for the battery decided: now it is dead.

Perhaps it's not really that low?

There should be a litte charge (after all you did), but I guess the
elektronics decided its to old or to many chargung cycles. So it
denies further usage for security reasons. Some battery technology can
be dangerous when loaded the wrong way oder if it is to old or damaged
and then tried to load.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

Get and install a new battery.

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:12:02 -0400, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**,

There were no updates available when I started on this problem, around
6PM, but by 10PM win update found 2024-01 Security update KB50344441,
which several times has failed to install. Other people in google have
also had trouble installing it, going back to Jan 14. Could this
relate to my charging problem? Posted for the sake of completeness.

when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

I ran the troubleshooter for Power. 3 tiny changes, probably udoing
settings I wanted. A google page said to run the troubleshooter for
devices and something but neither was listed.

When it was a good time, I hibernated it and measured the voltage of the >charger. It was about 19v.

Google suggested Device Manager, Battery, disable and then enable all
the items in battery. I did that and when I went to *enable* the second
one, the screen went blank. Pressing the power button caused it to say >Resuming Windows (a message I dont' think I've ever seen before) and
indeed it quickly resumed where I'd been. I don't think this paragraph >helps, but I"m being complete.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

**It did have a MS cumulative update 2 days ago, and one poster thought
that a window update messed up his charging, but I doubt that's what it
is. OTOH, I had a MS update a couple years ago that totally disabled my >computer, until I learned to back it out, so who knows?

I haven't moved the laptop in 6 weeks and I keep it charging all the
time, with the battery normally at 100%. But Nir Sofer's program, >BatteryInfoView, says it's 0%. How did it go, it seems, from 100 to 0%
so quickly? Because the charging light is only blue when it's fully
charged and it's amber or red other times. It went, I'm 99% sure,
straight from blue to red, 0%.

Any other newgroups still active that would know about this. I think the
2nd and 3rd here are dormant.

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On 6/18/2024 10:39 PM, micky wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:12:02 -0400, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**,

There were no updates available when I started on this problem, around
6PM, but by 10PM win update found 2024-01 Security update KB50344441,
which several times has failed to install. Other people in google have
also had trouble installing it, going back to Jan 14. Could this
relate to my charging problem? Posted for the sake of completeness.

when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

I ran the troubleshooter for Power. 3 tiny changes, probably udoing
settings I wanted. A google page said to run the troubleshooter for
devices and something but neither was listed.

When it was a good time, I hibernated it and measured the voltage of the
charger. It was about 19v.

Google suggested Device Manager, Battery, disable and then enable all
the items in battery. I did that and when I went to *enable* the second
one, the screen went blank. Pressing the power button caused it to say
Resuming Windows (a message I dont' think I've ever seen before) and
indeed it quickly resumed where I'd been. I don't think this paragraph
helps, but I"m being complete.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

**It did have a MS cumulative update 2 days ago, and one poster thought
that a window update messed up his charging, but I doubt that's what it
is. OTOH, I had a MS update a couple years ago that totally disabled my
computer, until I learned to back it out, so who knows?

I haven't moved the laptop in 6 weeks and I keep it charging all the
time, with the battery normally at 100%. But Nir Sofer's program,
BatteryInfoView, says it's 0%. How did it go, it seems, from 100 to 0%
so quickly? Because the charging light is only blue when it's fully
charged and it's amber or red other times. It went, I'm 99% sure,
straight from blue to red, 0%.

Any other newgroups still active that would know about this. I think the
2nd and 3rd here are dormant.

...10PM win update found 2024-01 Security update KB5034441,
which several times has failed to install. Other people in google have
also had trouble installing it, going back to Jan 14. Could this
relate to my charging problem?

No. Your charging problem is electrical. Open circuit. Short circuit.
Blown adapter. Overloaded adapter. Bad battery. Battery safety device triggered. You have to consider all the possibilities, to determine
which piece of the puzzle needs to be replaced.

*******

If you want help with '4441, then a picture of Disk Management
and the output of "reagentc /info" would be helpful. If this
was easy to fix (if all possible disk partition structures could
be enumerated), then Microsoft would fix this on their own.
But apparently, they're not going to fix it. Why release '4441
if you don't have the skill to release '4441 ???

It almost seems like a grand experiment to determine how
many people can afford to have their computer fixed at
the shop. The '4441 experiment.

Paul

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micky a exprim� avec pr�cision :

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**, when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

I ran the troubleshooter for Power. 3 tiny changes, probably udoing
settings I wanted. A google page said to run the troubleshooter for
devices and something but neither was listed.

When it was a good time, I hibernated it and measured the voltage of the charger. It was about 19v.

Google suggested Device Manager, Battery, disable and then enable all
the items in battery. I did that and when I went to *enable* the second
one, the screen went blank. Pressing the power button caused it to say Resuming Windows (a message I dont' think I've ever seen before) and
indeed it quickly resumed where I'd been. I don't think this paragraph helps, but I"m being complete.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

**It did have a MS cumulative update 2 days ago, and one poster thought
that a window update messed up his charging, but I doubt that's what it
is. OTOH, I had a MS update a couple years ago that totally disabled my computer, until I learned to back it out, so who knows?

I haven't moved the laptop in 6 weeks and I keep it charging all the
time, with the battery normally at 100%. But Nir Sofer's program, BatteryInfoView, says it's 0%. How did it go, it seems, from 100 to 0%
so quickly? Because the charging light is only blue when it's fully
charged and it's amber or red other times. It went, I'm 99% sure,
straight from blue to red, 0%.

Any other newgroups still active that would know about this. I think the
2nd and 3rd here are dormant.

I had a similar problem, fixed by a firmware update.

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 19 Jun 2024 05:00:47 +0200, Shinji
Ikari <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello

micky <[email protected]> schrieb

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.
...(several years old)...
...Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

wild guess: the battery is dead.
Change ist and see.

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating.

The protective electronics for the battery decided: now it is dead.

Perhaps it's not really that low?

that was my hope. So I unplugged the charger, and it went blank
immediately. I pressed Power, and nothing happened. When I plugged int
he charger and pressed Power, it started right up, the entire startup procedure. Maybe it's not zero, maybe iu's 25, but the protective
electronics won't let it start. But I don't think that helps me!

There should be a litte charge (after all you did), but I guess the >elektronics decided its to old or to many chargung cycles. So it

NirSoft says the battery health is 68.9%. (BTW, iirc I could go down
to 40% and back up without the battery health going down, but the 2 or 3
times I screwed up and went down to 10%, each time took about 9% off
battery health.)

denies further usage for security reasons. Some battery technology can
be dangerous when loaded the wrong way oder if it is to old or damaged
and then tried to load.

Hmmmm.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

Get and install a new battery.

Okay. I ordered one and it came today. I'll put it in soon.

None of them I saw were highly rated but all had 70 or 80% who were
happy with them. The odds are good.

We have very few power failures here but during this week we had one for
less than a second -- none of the clocks forgot what time it was -- but
the laptop went dead. No data lost, but it's good to have a battery.

Thanks, all.

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:12:02 -0400, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**, when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

Ran batter report on what is apparently a bad batttery, but the report
and Nirsoft make it sound pretty good. I'll try to check it out after I
put in the new batter. The factory batt. was 3700mah, Nirsoft says the battery health is 69%. Also, that from the factory it was 37,000mWh
and it's down to 25,500mWh** Is that where he gets 69%, dividing those
two numbers. Anyhow, 25,500 and 69% sound pretty good, but it still
hasn't charged a bit in two weeks, still at 0% and turns off when
unplugged.

**Both of these numbers are the the same as the battery report has
below, which shows that it hasn't gone down recently.

Nothing for sale was more than 70% the size of the original battery, but
I only use it to go from room to room anyhow. Or for power failures. .
To get battery report:
Win+X
PowerShell (admin)
powercfg /batteryreport /output c:\batteryreport.html
or whatever you want to
call and wherever you want to store the html page this creates.
click to display in web browswer.

Battery report
COMPUTER NAME DESKTOP-HK3M2L4
SYSTEM PRODUCT NAME Acer Aspire E5-573
BIOS V1.11 04/20/2015
OS BUILD 19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406
PLATFORM ROLE Mobile
CONNECTED STANDBY Not supported
REPORT TIME 2024-06-19 00:21:41
Installed batteries
Information about each currently installed battery
BATTERY 1
NAME AL15A32
MANUFACTURER SANYO
SERIAL NUMBER 30640
CHEMISTRY LION
DESIGN CAPACITY 37,000 mWh
FULL CHARGE CAPACITY 25,500 mWh
CYCLE COUNT -
Recent usage
Power states over the last 3 days
START TIME STATE SOURCE CAPACITY REMAINING
2024-06-16 00:37:00 Active AC 100 % 25,500 mWh
04:33:31 Suspended 100 % 25,500 mWh
11:51:58 Active AC 100 % 25,500 mWh
2024-06-17 04:19:41 Suspended 100 % 25,500 mWh
10:35:52 Active AC 100 % 25,500 mWh
2024-06-18 03:08:38 Suspended 100 % 25,500 mWh
08:24:30 Active AC 100 % 25,500 mWh
10:39:53 Suspended 100 % 25,500 mWh
11:58:09 Active AC 100 % 25,500 mWh
2024-06-19 00:21:38 Report generated AC 100 % 25,500
mWh
Battery usage
Battery drains over the last 3 days
START TIME STATE DURATION ENERGY DRAINED
- - - - -
Usage history
History of system usage on AC and battery
BATTERY DURATION AC DURATION
PERIOD ACTIVE CONNECTED STANDBY ACTIVE CONNECTED
STANDBY
2021-03-18 - 2021-03-30 2:46:07 - 24:07:58 -
2021-03-30 - 2021-04-06 - - 0:00:09 -
2021-04-06 - 2021-08-27 - - - -
2021-08-27 - 2021-12-04 1:21:52 - 2:11:53 -
2021-12-04 - 2021-12-05 8:05:45 - 13:40:40 -
2021-12-05 - 2021-12-12 - - 80:04:48 -
2021-12-12 - 2021-12-19 0:02:17 - 96:15:46 -
2021-12-19 - 2021-12-26 0:00:02 - 86:04:18 -
2021-12-26 - 2022-01-02 0:00:06 - 96:18:16 -
2022-01-02 - 2022-01-09 - - 101:20:59 -
2022-01-09 - 2022-01-16 - - 101:37:44 -
2022-01-16 - 2022-01-23 0:05:33 - 90:38:19 -
2022-01-23 - 2022-01-30 - - 109:04:36 -
2022-01-30 - 2022-02-06 - - 99:30:23 -
2022-02-06 - 2022-02-13 1:03:35 - 56:26:11 -
2022-02-13 - 2022-02-20 - - 53:48:41 -
2022-02-20 - 2022-02-28 0:44:32 - 17:05:03 -
2022-02-28 - 2022-03-08 1:25:38 - 27:17:54 -
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-14 3:23:00 - 23:58:38 -
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-21 5:32:22 - 38:54:21 -
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-28 4:50:46 - 30:43:58 -
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-04 1:05:29 - 23:33:42 -
2022-04-04 - 2022-04-12 0:54:59 - 26:12:08 -
2022-04-12 - 2022-04-17 0:00:01 - 43:54:39 -
2022-04-17 - 2022-04-24 - - 74:07:27 -
2022-04-24 - 2022-05-01 - - 68:45:50 -
2022-05-01 - 2022-05-09 - - 56:56:32 -
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-15 1:44:32 - 64:38:51 -
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-22 - - 65:06:35 -
2022-05-22 - 2022-05-29 1:44:32 - 190:41:29 -
2022-05-29 - 2022-06-05 1:44:32 - 262:42:48 -
2022-06-05 - 2022-06-12 0:17:20 - 43:51:42 -
2022-06-12 - 2022-06-19 - - 88:56:58 -
2022-06-19 - 2022-06-26 - - 174:57:53 -
2022-06-26 - 2022-07-03 1:13:09 - 254:29:02 -
2022-07-03 - 2022-07-10 1:13:09 - 336:52:18 -
2022-07-10 - 2022-07-17 - - 84:18:57 -
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-24 0:00:06 - 82:56:50 -
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-31 - - 84:04:18 -
2022-07-31 - 2022-08-07 0:01:19 - 221:11:15 -
2022-08-07 - 2022-08-14 0:16:47 - 74:23:58 -
2022-08-14 - 2022-08-21 0:16:47 - 159:52:10 -
2022-08-21 - 2022-08-28 0:00:14 - 74:58:30 -
2022-08-28 - 2022-09-04 0:00:14 - 177:45:18 -
2022-09-04 - 2022-09-11 - - 79:09:50 -
2022-09-11 - 2022-09-18 - - 73:57:10 -
2022-09-18 - 2022-09-25 0:00:03 - 154:08:32 -
2022-09-25 - 2022-10-02 - - 61:15:21 -
2022-10-02 - 2022-10-09 - - 74:42:38 -
2022-10-09 - 2022-10-16 - - 76:38:03 -
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-23 - - 143:08:50 -
2022-10-23 - 2022-10-30 - - 77:32:04 -
2022-10-30 - 2022-11-06 - - 305:40:54 -
2022-11-06 - 2022-11-13 0:00:03 - 389:13:26 -
2022-11-13 - 2022-11-20 0:04:22 - 85:35:42 -
2022-11-20 - 2022-11-27 0:05:14 - 170:03:33 -
2022-11-27 - 2022-12-04 - - 85:38:16 -
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-11 0:06:46 - 340:45:55 -
2022-12-11 - 2022-12-18 0:00:40 - 78:49:13 -
2022-12-18 - 2022-12-25 0:00:09 - 79:52:01 -
2022-12-25 - 2023-01-01 1:14:36 - 75:54:32 -
2023-01-01 - 2023-01-08 - - 67:04:39 -
2023-01-08 - 2023-01-15 - - 145:19:40 -
2023-01-15 - 2023-01-22 - - 211:10:56 -
2023-01-22 - 2023-01-29 - - 85:22:12 -
2023-01-29 - 2023-02-05 - - 158:13:00 -
2023-02-05 - 2023-02-12 - - 78:18:39 -
2023-02-12 - 2023-02-19 - - 155:48:07 -
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-26 - - 238:41:00 -
2023-02-26 - 2023-03-05 - - 80:49:50 -
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-12 - - 393:14:48 -
2023-03-12 - 2023-03-19 - - 80:13:12 -
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-26 - - 153:24:00 -
2023-03-26 - 2023-04-02 0:00:04 - 71:31:36 -
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-09 - - 90:24:41 -
2023-04-09 - 2023-04-16 - - 177:38:57 -
2023-04-16 - 2023-04-23 - - 255:10:49 -
2023-04-23 - 2023-04-30 - - 341:14:55 -
2023-04-30 - 2023-05-07 - - 75:59:25 -
2023-05-07 - 2023-05-14 - - 79:55:05 -
2023-05-14 - 2023-05-21 - - 75:56:48 -
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-28 - - 91:57:33 -
2023-05-28 - 2023-06-11 - - 320:48:56 -
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-18 - - 404:37:08 -
2023-06-18 - 2023-06-25 - - 488:41:37 -
2023-06-25 - 2023-07-02 - - 561:15:02 -
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-09 - - 87:33:07 -
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-16 - - 83:50:20 -
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-24 0:00:19 - 136:36:55 -
2023-07-24 - 2023-07-30 - - 68:44:09 -
2023-07-30 - 2023-08-06 - - 80:37:06 -
2023-08-06 - 2023-08-13 0:05:53 - 68:06:48 -
2023-08-13 - 2023-08-20 0:05:53 - 138:13:47 -
2023-08-20 - 2023-08-27 - - 63:08:29 -
2023-08-27 - 2023-09-03 - - 69:41:46 -
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-10 0:25:37 - 26:16:05 -
2023-09-10 - 2023-09-17 0:00:19 - 60:57:47 -
2023-09-17 - 2023-09-25 - - 84:22:11 -
2023-09-25 - 2023-10-01 - - 71:00:02 -
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-08 0:04:12 - 75:57:35 -
2023-10-08 - 2023-10-15 0:04:12 - 154:23:56 -
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-22 0:04:12 - 233:32:33 -
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-29 - - 88:17:41 -
2023-10-29 - 2023-11-05 - - 64:36:19 -
2023-11-05 - 2023-11-12 - - 76:00:57 -
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2023-11-19 - 2023-11-26 0:00:07 - 195:09:39 -
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2023-12-03 - 2023-12-10 0:00:36 - 433:08:24 -
2023-12-10 - 2023-12-17 - - 139:52:01 -
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2024-01-01 - 2024-01-07 0:48:01 - 35:37:29 -
2024-01-07 - 2024-01-14 1:00:15 - 60:04:52 -
2024-01-14 - 2024-01-21 1:00:15 - 108:27:37 -
2024-01-21 - 2024-01-28 0:00:02 - 89:06:57 -
2024-01-28 - 2024-02-04 0:00:02 - 181:54:05 -
2024-02-04 - 2024-02-11 - - 114:44:56 -
2024-02-11 - 2024-02-18 - - 228:06:01 -
2024-02-18 - 2024-02-25 - - 115:12:24 -
2024-02-25 - 2024-03-03 - - 111:13:37 -
2024-03-03 - 2024-03-10 - - 571:06:02 -
2024-03-10 - 2024-03-17 - - 132:14:13 -
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-25 0:00:18 - 25:49:29 -
2024-03-25 - 2024-03-31 0:09:46 - 212:06:20 -
2024-03-31 - 2024-04-07 - - 111:41:28 -
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-14 0:09:46 - 439:03:06 -
2024-04-14 - 2024-04-21 - - 48:20:16 -
2024-04-21 - 2024-04-28 - - 115:02:37 -
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2024-05-05 - 2024-05-12 0:01:12 - 101:27:35 -
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2024-06-14 - - 18:08:04 -
2024-06-15 - - 19:06:26 -
2024-06-16 - - 16:40:55 -
2024-06-17 - - 17:43:18 -
2024-06-18 - - 10:24:00 -

Battery capacity history
Charge capacity history of the system's batteries
PERIOD FULL CHARGE CAPACITY DESIGN CAPACITY
2021-03-18 - 2021-03-30 34,425 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-03-30 - 2021-04-06 34,425 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-04-06 - 2021-08-27 - -
2021-08-27 - 2021-12-04 34,322 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-12-04 - 2021-12-05 34,321 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-12-05 - 2021-12-12 34,728 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-12-12 - 2021-12-19 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-12-19 - 2021-12-26 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2021-12-26 - 2022-01-02 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-01-02 - 2022-01-09 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-01-09 - 2022-01-16 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-01-16 - 2022-01-23 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-01-23 - 2022-01-30 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-01-30 - 2022-02-06 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-02-06 - 2022-02-13 34,824 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-02-13 - 2022-02-20 33,681 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-02-20 - 2022-02-28 33,626 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-02-28 - 2022-03-08 33,626 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-14 33,626 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-21 33,626 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-28 33,473 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-04 30,725 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-04-04 - 2022-04-12 30,725 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-04-12 - 2022-04-17 30,705 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-04-17 - 2022-04-24 30,695 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-04-24 - 2022-05-01 30,695 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-05-01 - 2022-05-09 30,695 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-15 30,694 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-22 30,666 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-05-22 - 2022-05-29 30,676 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-05-29 - 2022-06-05 30,674 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-06-05 - 2022-06-12 30,666 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-06-12 - 2022-06-19 30,666 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-06-19 - 2022-06-26 30,666 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-06-26 - 2022-07-03 30,664 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-07-03 - 2022-07-10 30,657 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-07-10 - 2022-07-17 30,636 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-24 30,636 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-31 30,636 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-07-31 - 2022-08-07 30,549 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-08-07 - 2022-08-14 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-08-14 - 2022-08-21 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-08-21 - 2022-08-28 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-08-28 - 2022-09-04 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-09-04 - 2022-09-11 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-09-11 - 2022-09-18 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-09-18 - 2022-09-25 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-09-25 - 2022-10-02 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-10-02 - 2022-10-09 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-10-09 - 2022-10-16 30,325 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-23 30,322 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-10-23 - 2022-10-30 30,296 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-10-30 - 2022-11-06 30,309 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-11-06 - 2022-11-13 30,306 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-11-13 - 2022-11-20 30,296 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-11-20 - 2022-11-27 30,196 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-11-27 - 2022-12-04 29,985 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-11 30,091 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-12-11 - 2022-12-18 29,985 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-12-18 - 2022-12-25 29,985 mWh 37,000 mWh
2022-12-25 - 2023-01-01 29,985 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-01-01 - 2023-01-08 29,972 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-01-08 - 2023-01-15 29,963 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-01-15 - 2023-01-22 29,960 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-01-22 - 2023-01-29 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-01-29 - 2023-02-05 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-02-05 - 2023-02-12 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-02-12 - 2023-02-19 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-26 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-02-26 - 2023-03-05 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-12 29,955 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-03-12 - 2023-03-19 29,937 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-26 29,790 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-03-26 - 2023-04-02 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-09 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-04-09 - 2023-04-16 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-04-16 - 2023-04-23 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-04-23 - 2023-04-30 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-04-30 - 2023-05-07 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-05-07 - 2023-05-14 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-05-14 - 2023-05-21 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-28 29,644 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-05-28 - 2023-06-11 29,596 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-18 29,542 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-06-18 - 2023-06-25 29,502 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-06-25 - 2023-07-02 29,474 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-09 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-16 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-24 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-07-24 - 2023-07-30 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-07-30 - 2023-08-06 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-08-06 - 2023-08-13 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-08-13 - 2023-08-20 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-08-20 - 2023-08-27 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-08-27 - 2023-09-03 29,304 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-10 29,257 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-09-10 - 2023-09-17 29,008 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-09-17 - 2023-09-25 29,008 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-09-25 - 2023-10-01 29,008 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-08 29,008 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-10-08 - 2023-10-15 28,994 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-22 28,988 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-29 28,978 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-10-29 - 2023-11-05 28,978 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-11-05 - 2023-11-12 28,978 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-11-12 - 2023-11-19 28,978 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-11-19 - 2023-11-26 28,954 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-11-26 - 2023-12-03 28,682 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-12-03 - 2023-12-10 28,818 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-12-10 - 2023-12-17 28,682 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-12-17 - 2023-12-24 28,682 mWh 37,000 mWh
2023-12-24 - 2024-01-01 28,682 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-01-01 - 2024-01-07 28,526 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-01-07 - 2024-01-14 27,199 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-01-14 - 2024-01-21 26,713 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-01-21 - 2024-01-28 25,796 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-01-28 - 2024-02-04 25,796 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-02-04 - 2024-02-11 25,779 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-02-11 - 2024-02-18 25,773 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-02-18 - 2024-02-25 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-02-25 - 2024-03-03 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-03-03 - 2024-03-10 25,769 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-03-10 - 2024-03-17 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-25 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-03-25 - 2024-03-31 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-03-31 - 2024-04-07 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-14 25,767 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-04-14 - 2024-04-21 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-04-21 - 2024-04-28 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-04-28 - 2024-05-05 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-05-05 - 2024-05-12 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-05-12 - 2024-05-19 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-05-19 - 2024-05-26 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-05-26 - 2024-06-02 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-02 - 2024-06-09 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-09 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-10 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-11 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-12 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-13 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-14 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-15 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-16 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-17 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
2024-06-18 25,500 mWh 37,000 mWh
Battery life estimates
Battery life estimates based on observed drains
AT FULL CHARGE AT DESIGN CAPACITY
PERIOD ACTIVE CONNECTED STANDBY ACTIVE CONNECTED
STANDBY
2021-03-18 - 2021-03-30 3:08:12 - 3:22:17 -
2021-03-30 - 2021-04-06 - - - -
2021-04-06 - 2021-08-27 - - - -
2021-08-27 - 2021-12-04 3:22:20 - 3:38:08 -
2021-12-04 - 2021-12-05 45:08:09 - 48:39:33 -
2021-12-05 - 2021-12-12 - - - -
2021-12-12 - 2021-12-19 1:56:56 - 2:04:14 -
2021-12-19 - 2021-12-26 1:17:23 - 1:22:13 -
2021-12-26 - 2022-01-02 0:04:54 - 0:05:12 -
2022-01-02 - 2022-01-09 - - - -
2022-01-09 - 2022-01-16 - - - -
2022-01-16 - 2022-01-23 1:21:08 - 1:26:12 -
2022-01-23 - 2022-01-30 - - - -
2022-01-30 - 2022-02-06 - - - -
2022-02-06 - 2022-02-13 3:11:02 - 3:22:59 -
2022-02-13 - 2022-02-20 - - - -
2022-02-20 - 2022-02-28 3:32:58 - 3:54:21 -
2022-02-28 - 2022-03-08 2:02:54 - 2:15:14 -
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-14 2:37:51 - 2:53:41 -
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-21 2:45:40 - 3:02:17 -
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-28 2:31:57 - 2:47:58 -
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-04 2:40:38 - 3:13:26 -
2022-04-04 - 2022-04-12 2:42:50 - 3:16:06 -
2022-04-12 - 2022-04-17 - - - -
2022-04-17 - 2022-04-24 - - - -
2022-04-24 - 2022-05-01 - - - -
2022-05-01 - 2022-05-09 - - - -
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-15 1:51:17 - 2:14:09 -
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-22 - - - -
2022-05-22 - 2022-05-29 1:51:13 - 2:14:09 -
2022-05-29 - 2022-06-05 1:51:13 - 2:14:09 -
2022-06-05 - 2022-06-12 1:41:27 - 2:02:24 -
2022-06-12 - 2022-06-19 - - - -
2022-06-19 - 2022-06-26 - - - -
2022-06-26 - 2022-07-03 2:06:37 - 2:32:47 -
2022-07-03 - 2022-07-10 2:06:35 - 2:32:47 -
2022-07-10 - 2022-07-17 - - - -
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-24 3:24:14 - 4:06:40 -
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-31 - - - -
2022-07-31 - 2022-08-07 - - - -
2022-08-07 - 2022-08-14 1:47:48 - 2:11:32 -
2022-08-14 - 2022-08-21 1:47:48 - 2:11:32 -
2022-08-21 - 2022-08-28 0:53:12 - 1:04:54 -
2022-08-28 - 2022-09-04 0:53:12 - 1:04:54 -
2022-09-04 - 2022-09-11 - - - -
2022-09-11 - 2022-09-18 - - - -
2022-09-18 - 2022-09-25 1:41:05 - 2:03:20 -
2022-09-25 - 2022-10-02 - - - -
2022-10-02 - 2022-10-09 - - - -
2022-10-09 - 2022-10-16 - - - -
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-23 - - - -
2022-10-23 - 2022-10-30 - - - -
2022-10-30 - 2022-11-06 - - - -
2022-11-06 - 2022-11-13 0:50:30 - 1:01:40 -
2022-11-13 - 2022-11-20 3:37:35 - 4:25:44 -
2022-11-20 - 2022-11-27 1:24:38 - 1:43:42 -
2022-11-27 - 2022-12-04 - - - -
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-11 1:28:40 - 1:49:02 -
2022-12-11 - 2022-12-18 - - - -
2022-12-18 - 2022-12-25 - - - -
2022-12-25 - 2023-01-01 1:44:48 - 2:09:20 -
2023-01-01 - 2023-01-08 - - - -
2023-01-08 - 2023-01-15 - - - -
2023-01-15 - 2023-01-22 - - - -
2023-01-22 - 2023-01-29 - - - -
2023-01-29 - 2023-02-05 - - - -
2023-02-05 - 2023-02-12 - - - -
2023-02-12 - 2023-02-19 - - - -
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-26 - - - -
2023-02-26 - 2023-03-05 - - - -
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-12 - - - -
2023-03-12 - 2023-03-19 - - - -
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-26 - - - -
2023-03-26 - 2023-04-02 - - - -
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-09 - - - -
2023-04-09 - 2023-04-16 - - - -
2023-04-16 - 2023-04-23 - - - -
2023-04-23 - 2023-04-30 - - - -
2023-04-30 - 2023-05-07 - - - -
2023-05-07 - 2023-05-14 - - - -
2023-05-14 - 2023-05-21 - - - -
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-28 - - - -
2023-05-28 - 2023-06-11 - - - -
2023-06-11 - 2023-06-18 - - - -
2023-06-18 - 2023-06-25 - - - -
2023-06-25 - 2023-07-02 - - - -
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-09 - - - -
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-16 - - - -
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-24 - - - -
2023-07-24 - 2023-07-30 - - - -
2023-07-30 - 2023-08-06 - - - -
2023-08-06 - 2023-08-13 2:31:13 - 3:10:57 -
2023-08-13 - 2023-08-20 2:31:13 - 3:10:57 -
2023-08-20 - 2023-08-27 - - - -
2023-08-27 - 2023-09-03 - - - -
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-10 1:44:36 - 2:12:18 -
2023-09-10 - 2023-09-17 0:29:32 - 0:37:40 -
2023-09-17 - 2023-09-25 - - - -
2023-09-25 - 2023-10-01 - - - -
2023-10-01 - 2023-10-08 2:12:42 - 2:49:16 -
2023-10-08 - 2023-10-15 2:12:39 - 2:49:16 -
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-22 2:12:37 - 2:49:16 -
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-29 - - - -
2023-10-29 - 2023-11-05 - - - -
2023-11-05 - 2023-11-12 - - - -
2023-11-12 - 2023-11-19 - - - -
2023-11-19 - 2023-11-26 - - - -
2023-11-26 - 2023-12-03 - - - -
2023-12-03 - 2023-12-10 - - - -
2023-12-10 - 2023-12-17 - - - -
2023-12-17 - 2023-12-24 - - - -
2023-12-24 - 2024-01-01 1:26:02 - 1:50:59 -
2024-01-01 - 2024-01-07 0:47:37 - 1:01:46 -
2024-01-07 - 2024-01-14 0:52:40 - 1:11:39 -
2024-01-14 - 2024-01-21 0:51:44 - 1:11:39 -
2024-01-21 - 2024-01-28 - - - -
2024-01-28 - 2024-02-04 - - - -
2024-02-04 - 2024-02-11 - - - -
2024-02-11 - 2024-02-18 - - - -
2024-02-18 - 2024-02-25 - - - -
2024-02-25 - 2024-03-03 - - - -
2024-03-03 - 2024-03-10 - - - -
2024-03-10 - 2024-03-17 - - - -
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-25 2:11:01 - 3:08:08 -
2024-03-25 - 2024-03-31 1:30:56 - 2:10:35 -
2024-03-31 - 2024-04-07 - - - -
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-14 1:30:56 - 2:10:35 -
2024-04-14 - 2024-04-21 - - - -
2024-04-21 - 2024-04-28 - - - -
2024-04-28 - 2024-05-05 - - - -
2024-05-05 - 2024-05-12 2:51:54 - 4:09:26 -
2024-05-12 - 2024-05-19 - - - -
2024-05-19 - 2024-05-26 - - - -
2024-05-26 - 2024-06-02 - - - -
2024-06-02 - 2024-06-09 - - - -
2024-06-09 - - - -
2024-06-10 - - - -
2024-06-11 - - - -
2024-06-12 - - - -
2024-06-13 - - - -
2024-06-14 - - - -
2024-06-15 - - - -
2024-06-16 - - - -
2024-06-17 - - - -
2024-06-18 - - - -
Current estimate of battery life based on all observed drains since OS
install
Since OS install 2:02:15 - 2:57:23 -

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Hello.

micky <[email protected]> wrote

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 19 Jun 2024 05:00:47 +0200, Shinji
Ikari <[email protected]> wrote:

wild guess: the battery is dead.
Change ist and see.
The protective electronics for the battery decided: now it is dead.
Perhaps it's not really that low?

that was my hope. So I unplugged the charger, and it went blank
immediately.

when the protective electronics decide the battary is dead, then it
does not send power to the computer.
No surprise it went blank.

When I plugged int
he charger and pressed Power, it started right up, the entire startup >procedure. Maybe it's not zero, maybe iu's 25, but the protective >electronics won't let it start. But I don't think that helps me!

again: change the batterypack.

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In alt.comp.hardware, on Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:12:02 -0400, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

Charging light on Acer laptop is red -- Plugged in.

I was using my Acer Aspire E15 (several years old) with win10 Home,
fullly updated**, when I suddently noticed that the Charging light was
no longer blue but red, and the charge status icon in the systray said
0% available (plugged in).

Reading in the hardward group so I don't see all the replies.

Bought a new battery. Seems fine now. Thanks for telling me the hard
truth.

None of the batteries for sale were as big as the original, 15 or 30%
smaller, but that's the way it goes.

It is set to hibernate when the battery is at 15 or 20%, so how did it
get to 0% without hibernating. Perhaps it's not really that low?

I ran the troubleshooter for Power. 3 tiny changes, probably udoing
settings I wanted. A google page said to run the troubleshooter for
devices and something but neither was listed.

When it was a good time, I hibernated it and measured the voltage of the >charger. It was about 19v.

Google suggested Device Manager, Battery, disable and then enable all
the items in battery. I did that and when I went to *enable* the second
one, the screen went blank. Pressing the power button caused it to say >Resuming Windows (a message I dont' think I've ever seen before) and
indeed it quickly resumed where I'd been. I don't think this paragraph >helps, but I"m being complete.

Any ideas what the problerm and what to do about it?

**It did have a MS cumulative update 2 days ago, and one poster thought
that a window update messed up his charging, but I doubt that's what it
is. OTOH, I had a MS update a couple years ago that totally disabled my >computer, until I learned to back it out, so who knows?

I haven't moved the laptop in 6 weeks and I keep it charging all the
time, with the battery normally at 100%. But Nir Sofer's program, >BatteryInfoView, says it's 0%. How did it go, it seems, from 100 to 0%
so quickly? Because the charging light is only blue when it's fully
charged and it's amber or red other times. It went, I'm 99% sure,
straight from blue to red, 0%.

Any other newgroups still active that would know about this. I think the
2nd and 3rd here are dormant.

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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 3 Aug 2024 17:31:57 -0400, Hiram T
Schwantz <[email protected]> wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jul 2024 05:06:47 +0200, Shinji Ikari posted for all of us to >digest...

Hello.

micky <[email protected]> wrote

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 19 Jun 2024 05:00:47 +0200, Shinji
Ikari <[email protected]> wrote:

wild guess: the battery is dead.
Change ist and see.
The protective electronics for the battery decided: now it is dead.
Perhaps it's not really that low?

that was my hope. So I unplugged the charger, and it went blank
immediately.

when the protective electronics decide the battary is dead, then it
does not send power to the computer.
No surprise it went blank.

When I plugged int
he charger and pressed Power, it started right up, the entire startup
procedure. Maybe it's not zero, maybe iu's 25, but the protective
electronics won't let it start. But I don't think that helps me!

again: change the batterypack.

I did that and it's working fine now.

He has a dead cell.

I'm sure you're right.

Oh, I said this already. So thanks again

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