how to show battery life on battery meter?

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rxl77 · #1 Post by **rxl77** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:28 pm

Hi, I have a T43. How do I get my battery life meter on the bottom right of the taskbar to show remaining battery life in time? Right now it only shows it by %...

Anyone can help? Thank you.

rxl77 · #2 Post by **rxl77** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:17 pm

bump...............

christopher_wolf · #3 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:32 pm

Single click on the icon, go to Show, then click "Remaining time when on battery"

HTH

cmarti · #4 Post by **cmarti** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:29 am

christopher_wolf wrote:Single click on the icon, go to Show, then click "Remaining time when on battery"

HTH

I am trying to do it but i don't see the show tab.

Am i doing anything wrong?

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:32 am

cmarti wrote:
christopher_wolf wrote:Single click on the icon, go to Show, then click "Remaining time when on battery"

HTH
I am trying to do it but i don't see the show tab.

Am i doing anything wrong?

It should pop-up a menu and "Show >" should be a little tab in that menu; what is the version of PowerManager that you are using?

Michael1980 · #6 Post by **Michael1980** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:48 am

Using latest version for my T42, no "Show" tab either.

AIX · #7 Post by **AIX** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:18 am

@cmarti, Michael1980 :

I think this feature works only with Power Manager for T43; you can find more details here:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=9857

Hope I'm not wrong, I never tried it.

cmarti · #8 Post by **cmarti** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:45 am

I will try it Thanks!

dorin · #9 Post by **dorin** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:07 am

be sure you have power manager and not battery maximizer!

dorin

cmarti · #10 Post by **cmarti** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:19 pm

I did it but it is not working. Did anyone here ever install it on a T40?

Maybe can provide some help?

Thanks..

Toine · #11 Post by **Toine** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:51 am

Yeah, I have a T40 too. And the battery tools does not seem to work as on my T41p. i love them, and want them on my t40 too. Does anybody now how>?

cmarti · #12 Post by **cmarti** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:06 pm

Has anybody out there has used the power manager on his/her T40?

Please tell us what to do!!!

tselling · #13 Post by **tselling** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:20 pm

I installed PowerManager on my 2 t41p's. Seems to be working ok. I found the "Show" menu item and picked "Remaining time when on battery". Not sure how accurate it is. Shows 1:44 remaining at about 78% full right now.

hnq · #14 Post by **hnq** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:31 pm

I'm using the battery maximizer - and it shows the time if i hover the cursor over it. Otherwise, it only shows the %.

davidspalding · #15 Post by **davidspalding** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:12 pm

I've posted in a previous thread (search people, search) that you can install Power Manager 1.12 on a T41 (for example), not all functionality is supported, but you can switch to the "time" display.

gunston · #16 Post by **gunston** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:29 pm

dorin wrote:be sure you have power manager and not battery maximizer!

dorin

is that a software called battery maximizer?
how effective it is to maximize the battery life?

davidspalding · #17 Post by **davidspalding** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:29 pm

It does just fine - on other TPs. For the T43, the utility is called Power Manager.

There's a little blue Access IBM button on your TP near the ESC key, it can tell you all about it.

cmarti · #18 Post by **cmarti** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:44 am

davidspalding

THANKS!! I got it i just check on the post you mention.

Now i can see the battery time that's left.

davidspalding wrote:It does just fine - on other TPs. For the T43, the utility is called Power Manager.

There's a little blue Access IBM button on your TP near the ESC key, it can tell you all about it.

jsmit86 · #19 Post by **jsmit86** » Mon May 01, 2006 12:17 pm

If I want to install Power Manager on a T42, do I need to remove Battery Maximizer?

cmarti · #20 Post by **cmarti** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:54 pm

Yes sir!!

1- Download power manager 1.12
2-Uninstall power maximizer, reboot.
3-Run power manager
4-Reboot
5-Run software installer to install the power manager.
6-Reboot
7-Enjoy it.

cmarti · #21 Post by **cmarti** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:28 pm

The only complaint i have with the power management is that before install it i was having between 9.30 and 10.10 Hrs of battery now it's show 7.45 only any ideas?

I have the setting to lowest cpu speed and lowest lcd brightness.

600 .70V
2.10 1.19V

Suggestions?

Thanks.

#22 Post by **bill bolton** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:14 pm

cmarti wrote:i was having between 9.30 and 10.10 Hrs of battery now it's show 7.45 only any ideas?

Did you ever achieve "between 9.30 and 10.10 Hrs" of actual usage?

Its quite possible that the new power manger is giving you a more pragmatic estimate of the achieveable duration on battery power.

Cheers,

Bill

cmarti · #23 Post by **cmarti** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:44 am

Never had the need. you think that maybe that estimated time that was showing the battery maximizer was unreal?

gunston · #24 Post by **gunston** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:25 pm

i think the estimated time that shown on the bar should be more or less close to the remaining battery usage time.
i am always still to that to work with my thinkpad

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