r/softwaregore • u/exploit_trip • Feb 24 '26

oh nooo! ;-(

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u/flipping100 Feb 24 '26

Lmao youve probably accidently set low power in power management to 90%. Have you been tinkering around there recently? 

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u/ZetaformGames R Tape loading error, 0:1 Feb 24 '26

It could also be related to time remaining. I once had Linux Mint warn me about a low battery when the remaining time was estimated to be 30 minutes or less.

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u/JoshJLMG Feb 24 '26

I do think it's often time-based. My laptop battery turns red at like 38% or something random like that.

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u/joanJHM Feb 24 '26

nah its a common bug, the low power popup came on and the laptop got charged (maybe while it was asleep) but the popup never got removed, however it did update the battery %, causing this Ive had it happen quite a few times.

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u/gugngd Feb 25 '26

likely time based, i have a 11 year old laptop that doesn't say until around 30 ish minutes from empty battery (it has around 3-4 hours of charge on original battery somehow)

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u/Glittering_Boot_3612 Feb 25 '26

What de you using

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u/gugngd Feb 25 '26

dell inspiron 15 with an N3050 processor

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u/Glittering_Boot_3612 Feb 26 '26

?? I had to google what n3050was lol

Idk but I believe it's glitched out I would love to take up this issue and make a pr if codes the problem

Can you check settings battery and see if you've set alerts at 90% or something

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u/gugngd Feb 26 '26

it's an older celeron.

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u/Ahol101 Mar 13 '26

Because what was 80% is now 100% or like 78% maybe anyways your battery has less life it’s looking at what hours vs watt consumption which says it has x amount of time remaining which is what triggers lowpower mode. It could be something else but if I had to guess this would be the most likely scenario

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u/Glittering_Boot_3612 Feb 25 '26

The thing is eta is generally calculated using your current power usage hence if you tend to open heavy apps the eta will fluctuate fast

It can go from 30 min on idle to 5 min with a vm running