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Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:46:47 GMT

Hi,
Noob here...
Which one of these settings will make my battery life longer from the power management settings?
1. Battery Life
2. Degrade

Thank you alot.

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

wouter_mol18 — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:56:07 GMT

I have no idea, but you can assemble a number of actions so the battery will last longer. I am trying out al these actions to see witch one will get the best result

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Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:06:49 GMT

I have no idea, but you can assemble a number of actions so the battery will last longer. I am trying out al these actions to see witch one will get the best result

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I thought about that too.. but also thought that somebody else with bigger experince from here would knew...

Thank you anyway

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kee-lo_ — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:27:54 GMT

I think battery life.

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pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:49:40 GMT

I think battery life.

Maybe.. but i thinks that could be "degrade" cuz it means that the computer will work degraded.. and i think that this will save the battery life more.. so anybody knows?
do you have that setting for your lap in power management?
i had a look into help file but its not described that...

thanks

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

jammold — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:37:34 GMT

Go for the Battery Life Option!:smileywink:

In addition, the following list helps conserve power:-

1. Dont use the Optical Drive (CDRW/DVD) unless you really have to.
2. Turn the screen brightness level down to Level 1.
3. Don't use sound applications.
4. If you have an IBM/Hitachi Hard Disk drive, get the ABLE (Adaptive Battery Life Extender Version 3) Uilitily and set it to Battery Life mode.
5. Don't use USB/PCMCIA peripherals as these draw a lot of power, especially PCMCIA cards - just leaving them in can draw power.
6. Don't use CPU/Hard Disk intensive applications.
7. When you leave your computer, adjust the power options so that when you close the lid, the system automatically enters Standby - DO NOT MOVE YOUR VAIO IN STANDBY MODE - if you do this then you will damage the hard disk.
8. Use Hibernate mode to save everything instantly - great when you're on the go...

This is not an exhaustive list, it is merely a guide IMHO which should save you a lot of battery life - it almost doubled mine!:smileygrin:

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

kee-lo_ — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:39:05 GMT

I use "adaptive" pixeldude.

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pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:54:19 GMT

Go for the Battery Life Option!:smileywink: 

4. If you have an IBM/Hitachi Hard Disk drive, get the ABLE (Adaptive Battery Life Extender Version 3) Uilitily and set it to Battery Life mode.

I have HITACHI DK23FA...what can do that ABLE? where can i download it? it puts my hdd in standby or something?
Hope this doesnt damage the hdd...

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:56:23 GMT

I use "adaptive" pixeldude.

I use adaptive too .. but that's for microprocessor.. in the power management are only 2 options for my laptop.. Battery Life and Degrade.. and i want to know which one makes longer the life of battery.

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kee-lo_ — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:59:03 GMT

Do a test -- do tasts you want to do on battery and see which one works best for you.

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pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:04:53 GMT

Do a test -- do tasts you want to do on battery and see which one works best for you.

Well this unfortuantely i will do..but please if u find out what it does DEGRATE ... let me know too..this made me verry curious..

Thank you alot.
All the verry best.
pixel

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:07:21 GMT

sorry wanted to say *DEGRADE*

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jammold — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:28:58 GMT

As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.

Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument

The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:11:01 GMT

Thank you for the HDD tips...and for the links.

But anybody knows what the DEGRADE option from Power management does?

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TygerTyger — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:05:46 GMT

It's a very badly worded system IMHO. You can't properly tell what it does. By the way the IBM/Hitachi utility sounds cool, where's YOURS Tosh?

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jammold — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:14:26 GMT

I haven't got a Toshiba Drive after all, Lavalys Everest told me I have an IBM/Hitachi TravelStar 80GN disk drive - and its right I have... The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) available in ISO CD format confirmed it...

You can get all these utils from the earlier link I posted - but they will only work with IBM/Hitachi Drives made by "Hitachi Global Storage Technologies" or Hitachi GST after 2003.

Re: Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:56:41 GMT

I did some testing with degrade and battery life. The conclusion is that degrade makes the battery to live alot longer.
Hope this will help anybody who saw that option in power manger

Good Luck..

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pixeldude — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:05:47 GMT

As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.

Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument

 The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

How much it can be improved the life of battery with this ABLE app for Hitachi hdd?
Thank you