Problems with Core i3 notebook

[Liam Proven]

On 30 October 2011 19:05, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer at ec.hadorhabaac.com> wrote:
> On 30/10/2011 20:42, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> I am currently using a Core i3-powered MSI CR620 notebook. It's good
>> for a budget machine.
>>
>> This is a related model:
>> http://uk.msi.com/product/nb/CR620.html
>>
>> But on Ubuntu 10.04LTS, 11.04 and 11.10 it exhibits the same problem.
>> If I unplug it from the mains, although the battery meter says there
>> is 2h50m of power remaining, the screen goes dim and it immediately
>> says that the battery is critically low and it is about to shut down.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to where to start investigating this?
>>
> just out of curiosity... did you tried any other linux distro on the laptop?
> such as fedora livedvd or knoppix slax. or any other?

No, I haven't. That is a good idea - I will try it.

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