Can we talk about the time my laptop battery died in the middle of a big Zoom presentation at the library last month?

I was at the downtown public library branch in Austin, you know the one with the glass study rooms, and I had this big presentation for a local book club I'm in (about 15 people watching). Five minutes in, my screen goes black. The battery was supposedly at 40% but this thing (a 3-year-old HP I got for $300) just gave up. I had to scramble to find an outlet and borrow a charger from the front desk. It was so embarrassing. Has anyone else had a laptop that lied about battery life at the worst possible moment?

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alice_wilson733d ago

Try recalibrating the battery by draining it completely before charging it back to 100%.

reese_patel3d ago

@alice_wilson73 is onto something there. Doing a full drain and recharge once a month really does help keep the battery meter accurate, especially if you notice it dying way faster than the percentage says. Just don't do it too often though, that can actually wear the battery out faster.