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What does "Battery 1" mean vs. "Battery 2" in Windows-speak? I'm trying to diagnose the problem outlined in the next paragraph but getting little or no help from the Lenovo forums. Some posters on related topics there (of whom there are many!) believe this is a Windows issue with improper detection/management of the batteries on this 4-year-old machine, not a Lenovo issue per se. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I have a several-year-old Lenovo Thinkpad x270 (20HNCT01WW) running Windows 10 Home (2004). It has complained for some time that "Battery 1" is very low. (The main battery was replaced approx. one year ago. I'm assuming that one is reported as "Battery 2" in Windows 10. Correct?) Recently the machine has started shutting down whenever AC power is unplugged, presumably because Windows thinks the main(?) battery is low, which is intolerable. I'm looking for a way to prevent this, short of replacing the internal "1110 Coin-cell battery," which I presume is implicated here. Correct?
I'm relatively ignorant about driver management. Is there a way to disable the relevant Windows drivers permanently so that the Lenovo drivers can take over this task (on the assumption that they know how to do it right)? -- JCW2
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I have a several-year-old Lenovo Thinkpad x270 (20HNCT01WW) running Windows 10 Home (2004). It has complained for some time that "Battery 1" is very low. (The main battery was replaced approx. one year ago. I'm assuming that one is reported as "Battery 2" in Windows 10. Correct?) Recently the machine has started shutting down whenever AC power is unplugged, presumably because Windows thinks the main(?) battery is low, which is intolerable. I'm looking for a way to prevent this, short of replacing the internal "1110 Coin-cell battery," which I presume is implicated here. Correct?
I'm relatively ignorant about driver management. Is there a way to disable the relevant Windows drivers permanently so that the Lenovo drivers can take over this task (on the assumption that they know how to do it right)? -- JCW2
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