Windows 10: Battery Cycle Blank in Battery Report

Hi yallz!

I tried to run CMD Prompt a battery report powercfg/batteryreport, but my cycle count is blank -.

What's weird is this isn't a new computer, I've been using it for a year now.. And most definitely the battery has a couple of cycle under it's belt... I tried to check if all drivers were up to date and they are... I never ran into this situation before, could someone help me out?

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Gabriela,

I have very precise records of when I swap over my batteries [because I run battery reports both before & after] and the moment of opening up the computer or changing the battery does not show up in my battery reports.
- My Battery report section Usage history - History of system usage on AC and battery goes all the way back to when the computer maker finished setting the computer up [and then posted it to me]. Your corresponding records seem to show the same.
- I know of no command to reset the parameters listed in a battery report.

The Start time entry you circled in red shows the time that the computer was turned on or awakened on battery power. There is no indication of anything dishonest being done. Windows re-starts that list whenever it feels like it. There is nothing significant in that entry at all. Just for example, my Battery report Start time entries are only showing for today but the computer was in use yesterday and earlier on battery.

Denis

 

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Generate Battery Usage Report in Windows 10

• Design Capacity = The amount of charge that the battery was designed to hold in mWh (milliwatt
  hours).
• Full Charge Capacity = The amount of charge that the battery will actually hold.

This should give a rough estimate of what the life of battery is. If the cycle count is there in the first section, it would show you how many time battery has been recharged.

 

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Gabriela,

I still don't know what you mean by "Battery report reset" & where that date & time came from.

Since I cannot help you I'll unsubscribe from this thread and hopefully somebody else will pick it up and help you where I cannot. I have asked a group of other users if they will be able to help you.

Just for completeness,
1 The only parts of the battery report I normally pay attention to are the reports of Design capacity & Full charge capacity because they tell me how much my battery has degraded over time/usage
2 It is well-known that the battery report parameter Cycle count is meaningless so it perfectly possible that whatever it is that you are looking at will also be meaningless.

Best of luck,
Denis