Re: how to limit battery charge level and/or edit uefi settings

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Henry <nbsd4ever%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> My battery has been overcharging and has begun to bloat.  This is on
> an HP Pavilion laptop  15au123cl running NetBSD 10.1.

First, you need to remove the battery from the laptop and the building,
right now, and take it to recycling soon.  That's dangerous.

> Apparently there is a way to limit the battery charge level in
> something called "Adaptive Battery Optimizer" in the "UEFI Firmware
> Settings", but the only way I have found to access this is via
> Windows, which I cannot go back to since I wiped the disk to put on
> NetBSD.
>
> I would be grateful if someone has pointers on how to limit the
> battery charge level on this laptop.

That would be interesting to know about in order to protect your
replacement battery....