power management is disabled

Message

vladnel · #1 Post by **vladnel** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:07 am

Hello everyone,
I have a strange minor (I hope) problem at my T41 laptop. When I choose the Battery Information popup menu item at Battery MaxiMiser tray icon, the following error message comes up: Cannot run because the power management is disabled. I have checked it in BIOS and all power settings look alright there. And I have all the latest drivers installed. Where else can Power Management be disabled?
Thanks

davidspalding · #2 Post by **davidspalding** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:17 pm

Never seen this myself. Advanced Settings tab of the Power Options control panel?

vladnel · #3 Post by **vladnel** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:00 pm

David,
Thanks for your response.
I also have never met this problem before. I see nothing in Power Options that could help. I would suppose that this is a result of the latest BIOS upgrade, but then there would be other people having the same problem

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:45 pm

Open Device Manager and see if you see any yellow exclaimation marks or red X's. Click on View > Show hidden devices. Does you see any yellow exclaimation marks or red X's?

Under System Devices do you see ThinkPad PM Device or IBM PM Device? How many ACPI devices do you show?

vladnel · #5 Post by **vladnel** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:58 pm

thank you. there was a yellow exclamation mark on PMEM device in Hidden Devices. I have uninstalled it and also re-installed Battery Maximiser. It's got to work ok now

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:21 pm

I am happy that you were able to fix your problem without major surgery.

power management is disabled

power management is disabled

thanks

Who is online