X61 power manager on Win 7 64bit

I have installed Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition on my X61 with 4Gb RAM.
Fully charged, the power manager shows over 2 hours available time, but the problem I have is that the machine will, without any warning, perform a "critical power level" shutdown when the power available is still showing in excess of 1 hour.
After reconnecting the charger and restarting the machine, the power manager now shows almost empty - just over 5%.
All drivers and utilities are the latest available, based on the System Update tool. The battery also does not come up as being on the recall list, and in all other respects is in good condition - the cycle count is only 56. The power manager reports version 3.31
Has anyone else observed similar behaviour for the power manager on an X61 ??

Hello mate,
Try to calibrate the battery and see if it's getting better.
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