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pphilipko · #1 Post by **pphilipko** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:17 pm

The power manager seems to be compatible with the X40...what a nice upgrade from Battery Maximizer!

DavidNZ · #2 Post by **DavidNZ** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:24 am

What's this now? A new piece of software? Hmmm....

*off to investigate*

EDIT: Arrggh! All the IBM/Lenovo sites are down.

pphilipko · #3 Post by **pphilipko** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:16 am

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-58640

After several days of use, I can confirm that there's no compatibility issues with the X40.

DavidNZ · #4 Post by **DavidNZ** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:25 am

Interesting. I wonder why they would say that it isn't comp with the X40 when it seems it is.

DavidNZ · #5 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:23 am

*bump*

Anyone else using Power Manager on the X40, even though it is not supported?

dorin · #6 Post by **dorin** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:40 am

yeap, me!

for about 3 months now with abs no issue!

in fact it fixed the wired problem i had before with battery maximizer when the power settings kept on resetting themself... but with PM everything smoothly!

dorin

pphilipko · #7 Post by **pphilipko** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:49 am

dorin wrote:yeap, me!

for about 3 months now with abs no issue!

in fact it fixed the wired problem i had before with battery maximizer when the power settings kept on resetting themself... but with PM everything smoothly!

dorin

And I've been using Power Manager for over 8 months now with no issues whatsoever.

DavidNZ, don't worry too much about the compatibility issue. Installing it won't cause your laptop to spontaneously combust.

zyphria · #8 Post by **zyphria** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:50 am

I don't suppose there is a ghost of a chance for the X31?

DavidNZ · #9 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:47 am

Hmmm...ok, have installed it (and removed Battery Maximiser) but just watching just how 'adaptive' the CPU setting is when on AC power. Mine's cranking along at full CPU power when the only things open are Outlook and Firefox.

DavidNZ · #10 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:00 am

Actually, something strange is going on.

I did a system restore back to before PM was installed, so I'm back to where I was with the latest Batt Max installed.

I've always had both the battery and AC settings to run the CPU on adaptive, but now, even with just Firefox open, according to my System Properties, I'm cranking along at full steam (1.2Ghz).

If I change the AC CPU properties to "low", it throttles back to 597Mghz. If I switch it back to adaptive, it runs full steam all the time.

I'm confused.

DavidNZ · #11 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:27 am

OK, may have figured it out. Using CPU-Z, I see 598. When I go to system properties, as it is bringing up the window that will tell me the speed of the CPU, I watch CPU-Z and note a brief spike to 1200 just as the system properties window appears. Then, according to CPU-Z, the speed of the processor drops back down to 598.

Odd. Am about to search around to see how accurate CPU-Z is. I read somewhere here that Mobile Meter isn't accurate for freq reporting.

thibouille27 · #12 Post by **thibouille27** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:53 am

CPU-Z is much much more precise than system properties.
When you go to system properties, usually the cpu will go up (a bit or more, depends) and stupid system properties will show that speed.

Cpu-z will check the speed without changing it... More usefull heh?

Stupid system properties ...

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