I'm planning on upgrading my XPS 14z to Windows 10. The laptop offers the dell battery meter option where I can disable battery charging. If I go to windows 10, either through an upgrade or clean install, will I lose this functionality? Thanks in advance.
Is this a Dell battery or a third party replacement? Most batteries will continue to charge for a time after it shows 100% charge. To check yours, install the free BattStat utility. You can follow the charging on a graph which shows the charging current. Usually, at about 100% charge, the current will begin to drop until the charging is done till it's really done. This can take an additional hour.
I had an aftermarket battery that continued to charge intermittently when fully charged. The charger cycled on and off every 5 seconds or so. The battery lived a long time.
There are a lot of "experts" out there that keep recommending the battery should be removed after charging or the power charger removed, They are WRONG.
I'll tell you why - because a battery "stored" at 40-60% will last immensely longer than a battery "stored" at 100%. My L702X battery has always been kept at 50-60% when I wasn't planning to be off mains power, and only fully charged when I was planning to go off the grid. It's 5 1/2 years old and still acting like brand new. How long do your laptop batteries last at full charge? Mine last about 2-3 year before their capacity drops below about 30% of new capacity if I keep them at 100% all the time.
Yes, I know this is an old thread, but I'm looking for the same answer - will the Dell Battery utility still work after I upgrade to Windows 10 or is there another way to stop battery charging before 100%?
EDIT: Answer - the Dell battery monitor still works after the Windows 10 update, at least on my L702x.
I was facing the same issue and wanted to have the 'Battery Meter' tool on Win 10 for my Dell Inspiron. It was working fine for me on Win7.
After trying lot of things without any luck, I figured out that 'R314287 - Dell QuickSet Application' driver solves the problem! Once I installed it, I was able to turn off the charging using the software.
@Cool_Coder1Thanks for searching the compatible version. I knew Quickset gives the Dell Battery Meter option but wasn't able to locate a compatible version with Windows 10. Thanks again.
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Posted February 28th, 2016 08:00
Why do you want to Disable battery charging? The laptop will NOT overcharge the battery; the battery stops the charging when it is fully charged.