Screen dimming and charging problem on my AMD Laptop since 2-3 months

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@Kobold

charge: 64.5 Wh (98%) condition: 65.8/91.2 Wh (72.2%)

Yup, a cell has died - that can be deduced by the 98% after the charge number.

This has nothing to do with an update but a result of wear and tear - that is just how it is.

@Kobold

...
    energy-full:         65,835 Wh
    energy-full-design:  91,245 Wh
...
    capacity:            72,1519%

One can prolong the life of a modern batter by avoid charging to full (100%) capacity and avoid deep discharge (0%).

This is a known issue with batteries - search the Contributions > Tutorials for utility script charge notifier

[root tip] [Utility Script] Charger Notifier - battery state

A recent topic caused me to add the following script to my toolbox. https://root.nix.dk/en/utility-scripts/battery-charge-notifier The script is configurable and uses an interval and lower/upper threshold for battery. The script utilizes libnotify to send a system message when outside the limits - thus ensuring you don’t forget to plug or unplug your laptop charger. Script Create the local bin folder mkdir ~/.local/bin Create a new file and make it executable touch ~/.local/bin/charge-…