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    Battery: hibernate at 25%?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, Dec 19, 2007.

  1. sepandee

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    My macbook turns itself off at 25% charge. How can I fix this?
    And is there a way to have a warning when the battery hits a certain level? PC laptops always give a warning at 10%, and I find it a bit weird that a mac wouldn't be able to do the same.
     
    sepandee, Dec 19, 2007
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    i have no such options to edit when/what % the battery shuts the laptop down.

    are you sure its not 25min? that may be getting to the point of "its time to Shutoff"
     
    kgeier82, Dec 19, 2007
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  3. sepandee

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    No, it's 25%. The battery indicator isn't even red yet. It used to shut down at a much lower number, but for some reason the indicator is screwed up now.
     
    sepandee, Dec 19, 2007
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    Xander, Dec 19, 2007
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    osx right? not xp or vista?

    just making sure :)
     
    kgeier82, Dec 19, 2007
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  6. sepandee

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    Yeah, OS X.
     
    sepandee, Dec 19, 2007
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    Possibly a defective battery? could also be that it's not callibrated so the charge that the macbook is telling you it has is not accurate. Try callibrating it and seeing if it happens again.
     
    Arquis, Dec 19, 2007
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    Yeah, that's weird...try calibrating first.
     
    Sam, Dec 19, 2007
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