T520 Power Management Question

[Callahan]

Just bought a T520 / Windows 7 Pro notebook ... only had it for two days so I am still checking things out. The battery is at 98% and it says 'not charging'. However, I would like the charge to be lower ... start around 70% and stop around 75%. I can't find any place in Power Management to put these totals into.

It has Power Management 3.63 installed. Do I need to install another Power Management version to be able to do this? I have this option with ThinkVantage / ThinkPad Configuration in my ThinkPad T42 with Windows XP. Is there something similar for the T520 with Windows 7 Pro installed?
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[Metrologist]

Hi, I don't have a T520 yet, but is will be arriving any day now. I do have a T420 running Windows 7 Pro with the function you are looking for. I use Power Manager 6.68.15. Someone has a link to it on the forum. I am a newbie, so I don't know how to link to his post. If you search "Where to download old versions of Power Manager", the last (8th) reply has a link to the file (n1au415w.exe). Good luck!

[Callahan]

Hey thanks a lot for the assistance. I found the link and got the download ... will try it out later today. Yes, I really like the T520 so far ... it's Windows 7 that I'm having trouble with. I have two TP T42s and after using Windows XP for all these years ... it's a struggle with Win 7.

I wanted to get a Win 7 laptop about 6 years ago at a Walmart Black Friday sale ... they still had some Win 7 laptops for sale as I remember. However, I didn't buy one. My T42s have all the programs I need and use installed. My problem over the last few years is with using older - outdated browsers on the internet. It has become a struggle with many web pages.

So my T42s will have all the software programs I like to use. I will put some on the T520 ... x64 versions that I can now use and some better working browsers. I bought the T520 from a forum member mentioned in another T520 post ... "Searching for a "good" T520". I was looking on eBay at T420s and T520s and then I found the link someone mentioned in that post. Glad I didn't buy anything from eBay ... got a better deal I'm sure and a nice member to do business with. He had four T520s for sale and I think there are two left. He has some other TP models also. The T520 I got is in great shape, don't know what I might have got from eBay.

I downloaded some information on how to make Win 7 look like XP ... I think that will work better for me and then I will install that Power Manager 6.68.15 version ... thanks again. Hope you like your T520 due any day. I still like my T42s but this 'new' T520 is a nice 'step up'.
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[theterminator93]

You may need to enable advanced mode in power manager. From there you can find the button to open up battery charge threshold settings.

[Callahan]

Yes, the Advanced tab and then the customize button if I remember. That may have been like that on the other Power Management version but I don't exactly remember. I got the Start and Off settings set up.
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