Battery smart charging is possible?

strider16

Many laptops, not so new, have some program that allows them to keep battery charging under user determined range, or even keep battery at a fixed charging, even if charger keeps plugged. How could we make acer got interested in develop such a solution for helios 300? Since its battery isn't removable, I think anything that extends its life is useful.

Commodore_1995#

The Dell manufacturer makes it possible for your power programs to block battery charging when the user connects the notebook to the power adapter! What would be more interesting is that this option came enabled not BIOS!

strider16

Fully agreed. Does acer hear customers? I'm a bit bummed that such a powerful and expensive machine (expensive at least for a 3rd world country) has so many rough edges.

I'm thinking... while following some theme coherence, I don't see acer making a common platform for their machines, making it less probable to keep all lines updated and receiving new features. Just me?

sri369

egydiocoelho said:

The Dell manufacturer makes it possible for your power programs to block battery charging when the user connects the notebook to the power adapter! What would be more interesting is that this option came enabled not BIOS!

The ASUS models I saw has three levels - 100%, 90% and 60% - the max charge of 60% for always connected to power situations.
One more thing I noticed is that most of these programs are not strictly tied to model - like in the case of Acer programs. Many programs like the Fan Usage monitor and such can be used across models and even across brands. People might say why Acer should allow non Acer users to use their software... but this is pretty much indirect marketing for themselves.

Commodore_1995#

@ strider16 Alguns modelos de notebook, possuem a opção de bloquear a carga da bateria, quando atingir 80% no bios! No entanto o que eu acho mais interessante é bloquear a carga como o programa da dell faz! Só que tem um problema, pois os notebooks da Acer usam parte da energia da bateria para fornecer ainda mais desempenho quando o notebook é mais exigido e talvez por isso, não haja alguma aplicação desse tipo para bloquear a carga da bateria!

strider16

Uma pena ser assim. Eu não me importaria com tais limitações, de eventualmente desabilitar o recurso de usar bateria+rede em troca de um pouco menos de performance, se eu garantisse a durabilidade. Na verdade acabei comprando o helios 300 porque estava barato pelas especificações que tem, mas eu não precisava mesmo de tanta potência, estava esperando por um modelo mais "corporativo" equipado com ryzen mobile, mas parece que a AMD não liga para o Brasil...

Quem dera a Acer desse esse suporte para nós, seja via software ou bios. De algum modo ainda parece haver esperanças, estão lançando novas BIOS com alguma regularidade, sinal de que ao menos não abandonaram o helios 300.

Commodore_1995#

Esse modelo ainda vai ter algumas atualizações de bios por um bom tempo! Eu também acho que valeria apena a Acer adicionar esse de função no bios ou através de algum programa também nos seus notebooks de alta performance!

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Commodore_1995#

I created this topic: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/553846/pause-battery-charging/p1?new=1

Let's check if I'll get any response from Acer!

sri369

egydiocoelho said:

I created this topic: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/553846/pause-battery-charging/p1?new=1

Let's check if I'll get any response from Acer!

Thank you @egydiocoelho And also tell them making their software compatible across models, atleast where possible, would be a better idea and get better publicity this way.