I hate to be a bugmancer and raise this from the dead, but I believe it
is better than cloning the issue (Even if it increases the heat).  My
problem is not being solved by removing the battery or any bios setting
-indeed, windows reports battery levels correctly-.

At full charge, a battery that lasts 8 hrs in windows is down to 6 in
Mint (I am ok with the compromise), but the problem is that those 6hrs
are reported to only last a little over 4 hrs by the power manager.
When I let it die and plugged it in, the power manager reported a 2%
charge and 1hr13min of use (which as I type hasn't changed even though
it has gained 10% charge).  Obviously, something is not working as
anticipated.

I do work in data entry, coding, and multimedia, so knowing how much
battery life I can expect is important;  I would ask that the importance
be upped to medium as a power failure could result in the loss of user
data, or worse (during an update this bug could damage an install).  I
would also ask for an elevation of this bug as it has not been solved
for, or addressed in, 5 years.

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