battery empty - no sound

[Linea Recta]

I used to get ample warning before the battery became empty. Not so today.
Where can I check for this sound setting? I searched under energy
settings...


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[Jon]

I used to get ample warning before the battery became empty. Not so today.
Where can I check for this sound setting? I searched under energy
settings...

Try

Control Panel > Sound > Sounds (tab) > Scroll down to 'Low Battery Alarm'

 

[Linea Recta]

Try

Control Panel > Sound > Sounds (tab) > Scroll down to 'Low Battery Alarm'

OK thanks, found it.
Although sounds already seem to be enabled...



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[Gene E. Bloch]

OK thanks, found it.
Although sounds already seem to be enabled...

Hmm. A few years ago I had a laptop where I set the battery alarm to go off
at some percentage. Let's say 10%, since I can't remember.

Here's the problem. On that computer, at around 15%, the computer shut
itself down automatically, so I never heard the alarm.

By automatically, I don't mean on purpose: at that level, my computer just
couldn't run anymore and fell asleep like a narcoleptic.

I suggest setting the alarm for a silly value like 50% for test purposes.

 

[Spirit]

Check these out :

http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/index.html

http://www.codeplex.com/vistabattery

http://users.rcn.com/tmtalpey/BattStat/

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/freeware/laptop_download.shtml

 

[Linea Recta]

Hmm. A few years ago I had a laptop where I set the battery alarm to go
off
at some percentage. Let's say 10%, since I can't remember.

Here's the problem. On that computer, at around 15%, the computer shut
itself down automatically, so I never heard the alarm.

By automatically, I don't mean on purpose: at that level, my computer just
couldn't run anymore and fell asleep like a narcoleptic.

It had shut down automatically here too, and I assume on purpose (I was away
from the laptop), because after loading with the adapter and restarting
Windows, I got a question wether I wanted to resume the session.
The bad thing though is that this is a timed message and if you don't read
in a hurry, you're too late to answer.

In principle I think it is good that the computer shuts down automatically
BEFORE power becomes too low, but if possible AFTER giving a sound signal,
if al all possible.

I suggest setting the alarm for a silly value like 50% for test purposes.

Good idea.


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[Gene E. Bloch]

It had shut down automatically here too, and I assume on purpose (I was away
from the laptop), because after loading with the adapter and restarting
Windows, I got a question wether I wanted to resume the session.
The bad thing though is that this is a timed message and if you don't read
in a hurry, you're too late to answer.

In principle I think it is good that the computer shuts down automatically
BEFORE power becomes too low, but if possible AFTER giving a sound signal,
if al all possible.




Good idea.

Actually, how can I know whether the computer shut down on purpose? I can
(I claim) sometimes read organic minds, but not silicon ones

I really just meant that it shut down before it got to my set level, and I
had fun anthropomorphizing...

And yes, I agree, it's better that it shut down before harm was done!