This MSI GP-72 started its life as a demo unit for a few months but the deal was too good to ignore. This setup is a bit more manual but is almost flawless. If I plan to go mobile or just a periodic battery maintenance, I might allow the high charge to reach 98%. This way I can once in a while allow the charge level to exceed 90% without disabling the high alarm.

I keep the Battery Limiter app pinned to my taskbar and not set to start with Windows. The info widow above is produced with a mouse-over on the taskbar icon. I have the BatteryBar app on my taskbar and set to start with windows. I believe that allowing a Li ion battery level to fall below 25% will promote a premature failure.īatteryBar Pro: Windows Battery Life Tracker I set the critical battery level to 25% and the critical battery action is set to hibernate. If I have stepped away from the PC, the Battery Limiter alarm will yell at 43%, alerting me to come back and energize the charger.

This is my indicator to switch on the power bar/charger easily within reach. I've also tweaked the settings in the Advanced Power options menu.īy setting the low battery level in the Advanced Power options menu to 45%, the display dims and produces a low battery notification from Windows.

Battery Limiter allows you to set high and low alarm limits, with visual and or audio indicators. I use an app called Battery Limiter along with BatteryBar free. Which monitoring software do you use? I’ll give it a go

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