Most notebooks have have a battery learning or battery calibration utility which can recalibrate the internal gas gauge. But some notebooks actually have built in calibration ciruitry which will automatically calibrate the capacity of the installed battery. Fully discharging these notebooks results in a re-calibration of the gas gauge.
Some notebooks have a utility built into the BIOS setup utility which will discharge the battery and then recharge it, e.g. Gateway Solo 5100, 9300.
Others have a similar DOS utility which does the same thing. e.g. Gateway Solo 2500. Not too sure about other notebooks, most OEMs will point in the right direction.
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Most notebooks have have a battery learning or battery calibration utility which can recalibrate the internal gas gauge. But some notebooks actually have built in calibration ciruitry which will automatically calibrate the capacity of the installed battery. Fully discharging these notebooks results in a re-calibration of the gas gauge. Some notebooks have a utility built into the BIOS setup utility which will discharge the battery and then recharge it, e.g. Gateway Solo 5100, 9300. Others have a similar DOS utility which does the same thing. e.g. Gateway Solo 2500. Not too sure about other notebooks, most OEMs will point in the right direction.