Why does a laptop say it’s at 6-8% charge, and then it dies, but when it’s at a higher charge, going from 60% to 59% takes a while?

Question

Why does a laptop say it’s at 6-8% charge, and then it dies, but when it’s at a higher charge, going from 60% to 59% takes a while?

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Answer 1

If you click on the battery icon on your laptop, click on more power options, then change plan settings (for whatever plan you want), then advanced power settings. Then under the battery setting you can change what % is considered critical, low, medium, etc… Also what the computer should do at each stage. Could have your laptop force shutdown at 5% or 10% or whatever amount you like.