I too am experiencing the random 0% battery/no battery/random percent between 30-40%. Don't have windows on this laptop any more so can't comment on that. Ubuntu 13.04, Asus N56VZ.
Can confirm that shutting down, pulling the battery for a bit, then booting with it in solves the problem (for about a day). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088146 Title: Asus n56vz battery state is wrong or battery not charging at all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/1088146/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs