Gnome-power-manager doesn't respond to disconnecting AC power supply

"acpi" command always shows correct information, but gnome-power-manager doesn't.
When computer is initially on AC power, and then I disconnect the adapter, gnome-power-manager still says hapilly that I'm on AC power, and the battery is fully charged. It only reacts when I plug adapter back. Then everything is correct. But If i disconnect it again - it shows "AC power, fully charged" again, even regarding the fact it was "80% charged" a second ago.
WTF?

After updating the BIOS, it's more correct, but still not always (I'm running Acer Aspire One 110).
And, another strange issue - when I disconnect the AC adapter, and the power-manager detects that, it automatically locks the screen. (I have a option enabled that when the laptop is closed then the blank screen screensaver is activated, which locks the screen, but this is not the case)

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My computer still keeps going to sleep and the only way to wake it up is to hit the reset button
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