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Nov 28, 2010 [RESOLVED] No Battery Is Detected Hi all. My only problem is that I can't find a HP specific ACPI Vista driver for download. Any suggestions? HP Notebook PCs - HP Battery Alert Appears Before Windows The lower the storage capacity of a battery, the shorter amount of time it can power a portable device. When battery storage capacity is very low, the battery is near the end of its useful life.

Hi, Check with System maker's Support, their on-line documentation and drivers, and their forums (if any) for known issues. Some maker's have issued BIOS and other updates to help with battery problems. Control Panel - Power Options - Power Plans - Change plan Settings - check the Advanced Settings for drain and usage settings (this is how much to be used and not how much or how long to charge). Actually what causes a lot of wear on a battery is draining it too low repeatedly. With today's systems over-charging is not an issue. Here are some tips to help and troubleshoot battery related issues.

Unplug power to computer - remove battery and clean the contacts with a pencil eraser (do not use this if your battery has thin slots - just clean the knife edges that fit into them and be careful). Batteries do wear out if old, or it could be a problem with the computer.

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Check with the support of the system maker and many of them have on line forums. Newer type Litium-Ion batteries usually last longer if you do not discharge then below 30% however on a laptop that will not extend their life that much. Best is to use A/C adapter whenever possible. I use the free version of BatteryBar to monitor my battery.

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Click the Green button on the Yellow box on right side of page to download latest stable version. BatteryBar - Free version available Another good program Vista Battery Saver - Free Problems with power usage and battery life - Mr Fixit You might also want to check with the System Maker and any forums as many use their own proprietary software to monitor the battery and their could be known issues with your battery. Try this - make a Restore Point How to Create a System Restore Point in Vista How to Do a System Restore in Vista Then Control Panel - Device Manager - Batteries - Double Click on each item - Drivers tab - Update Drivers (which may not do anything) - then Right Click and UNINSTALL each - REBOOT which will refresh the Driver stacks. Problems with power usage and battery life - Mr Fixit Hope this helps. Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP - Windows and Devices for IT 2010 - current Windows Insider MVP 2016 - current.