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| From | sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Battery save app |
| Date | 2025-01-10 14:21 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vlrvff$7c1$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vlrc1u$7c1$1@dont-email.me> <vlrjuc.ddo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> |
On 1/10/2025 10:04 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote: >> I got a new laptop for the wife, my first time with Win 11, though I've >> been reading here since I knew this day was inevitable. No problems >> getting it all set up, expect for the battery issue. >> >> I recall a while back talk on one of the windows groups where the >> battery would only charge to 80% to save battery life on newer >> computers. I guess I thought Win 11 had the ability to do this. From >> what I gather, it only has the option to help out by limiting what you >> can do if the level goes below 20%. That's not what I was interested >> in. Am I correct that Win 11 has no built in way to manage the top >> charging level on it's own? >> >> So then I started looking for manufacturer options. This is an HP >> laptop, 15-fd0107dx prodID A9PE7UA#ABA, and it appears their support for >> this is not the best. ... > > Only the HP business - and perhaps some HP gaming - laptops have > support for limiting the battery charge to some 80%. > > Yours is probably a consumer line (Pavilion?) laptop, which do not > have this functionality. > > FYI, I have an HP Pavilion 15-eh2560nd laptop (with Windows 11) and > that one also does not have this functionality. I have my laptop on an > AC timer, to try to limit the impact of 'too high' charging. > > As Andy indicated, some brands - or some productlines of some brands - > have this functionality, while others have not. > > AFAIK, this functionality needs additional electronics in the laptop, > so it's not 'just' a question of software. That makes sense, and also probably explains why MS hasn't implemented it. They have no control over the hardware. I'll have to continue looking into this a little, but your "AFAIK" makes sense. -- I Stand With Israel!
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Re: Battery save app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-26 13:58 +0100
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