Whacky power settings

When I unplug my laptop the battery shows at 100%. After 5 minutes, it goes into standy. If I take the force standby when battery is low option off, some interesting stuff happen:

• Battery goes from 100% to 2% after 5 minutes
• Battery lasts for around a hour
• XP keeps giving errors that the battery is low

So why is XP freaking out about my battery after 5 minutes when it has a hour of battery life. It's getting annoying and I'm so confused.

 

If the battery goes from 100% down to 2% in just 5 minutes that is too quick, I would have the computer checked for the power drain by a qualified repair tech I would contact the manufacturer of the computer and find out who they recommend for this they usually have repairs services in all areas of the country.

 

Only XP thinks its going from 100% to 2%. The battery lasts a hour, but XP thinks otherwise if you let it force the computer into standby.

 

Mr. Brown,
does the power meter stay at 2% for that hour?

 

It sure does. Wierd huh?

 

Yup. This isn't a solution but just to make it less annoying, change the alarm levels in power settings to under 2%. However, this could be a more serious problem so I'd contact the manufacturer/retailer and ask why the hardware doesn't interact properly with the recommended operating system.

 

It might not be the operating system either, it could be a power level analysis glitch on the BIOS level.

 

Never thought about looking into BIOS. I'll look into that.