Battery icon constantly empty when discharging Vaio VGN-FZ210CE

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Published on 2012-11-29T04:39:02Z Indexed on 2012/11/29 5:20 UTC
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I have a Sony Vaio VGN-210CE laptop, and its battery does not report the drain rate properly. In 11.10 and earlier, the battery icon would update with the percentage, not the estimated time. In 12.04 and 12.10, it estimates by time, which is always some very low value because the estimated drain rate is 700W. I currently have 89% in my battery but the icon is red and empty. If there is an application I should install, or a setting I should change, please let me know. Thanks!

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