X201 - High power usage

[NicoMarcin]

I am still fighting with very short battery working time in my X201. I have SSD and Windows 7 onboard with aero off. I read somewhere, that normal usage equals about 10 Watts while I hit 23 sometimes. What should I do? I have non-OEM battery with 9 cells and 6600mAh (I know I should use OEM one), but in PL it is very expensive - almost 200 EURO which is more than price I have paid for this laptop in 2015.

[axur-delmeria]

Check if Turbo Boost is enabled. If it is, disable it.

[SirionRazzer]

Try various drivers, post your powercfg output, check background activities (OneDrive, Steam, some update tool). Run antivirus, tweak power management settings.

[NicoMarcin]

How to turn off TurboBoost? My report is in polish :/ Do You now how to make it prepare it in english?

[axur-delmeria]

I'm not running Windows at the moment, but it's usually in Power Manager. Once you set it to Advanced, you can see the settings of the different power profiles. There's a setting "Maximum CPU speed" or similar, If it's set to "Turbo" or "Max Turbo", change it to "Adaptive".

[NicoMarcin]

Hah, I have "lowest" option chosen.