If you own an earlier version of the HP Envy 14 beats edition based on the Intel Core i5 processor, you would have experience the battery indicator issue. This is a well known problem since year end 2010 when the product was released.
In the past, no matter how you charge the battery, Windows 7 64 bits edition will always report a battery life of 1 hr 3 mins. Although most end users aren’t that perturbed with the error as there are third party application BatteryBar that can report the a more accurate value of 3hrs 3 mins.
To correct this issue, HP has just released a BIOS update for the HP Envy 14 beats edition dated DEC 16 2011 which you can download from this page.
I have also update the BIOS on my HP Envy and now it reports the correct battery charge level. After a full charge, the system reports 2 hrs 50 mins battery power which is quite close to what the software Batterybar reports 3 hrs 3 mins.
Details and specifications
| File name: |  |
sp55493.exe [1/1, 3.98M]
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| System requirements: | |
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Edition Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic 64 Edition Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Edition Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Edition Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Edition |
| Released: | |
2011-12-16 |
| Version: | |
F.26 |
| Compatibility: | |
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) |
| Fix/Enhancement: | |
– Fixes an issue where the battery charge level is not displayed correctly. |