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Power Plans for battery

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  • 31-10-2007 3:57pm
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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey, i was just wondering if it's possible to set different power plans for my laptop to be used depending on whether or not it's plugged in...

    Basically i'd like it so that if the laptop is plugged in it would run a high performance power plan, and if it's not plugged in it would run a power saver scheme, and for this to change automatically...

    Is this possible?


    I have a Dell Vostro 1500, running Vista Ultimate.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I'm running Linux here, so I can't check, but I am almost 100% certain there is a way in Control Panel->Power options.


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,365 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    All I can find is how to change the plans, not to set which is run when...


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Yeah actually I'm the same, have to manually adjust depending on where I am. In the old Nvidia control panel as well, you used to be able to change the clocks of the card for when plugged in and out. I assume the three power options I've got automatically adjust these things, but still, it's fairly sparse in terms of options.


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    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,053 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    hardware notebook control is a great (free) program for setting up power profiles, pretty easy to customize dynamic switching so you can set the switching limits of the cpu, the slowest and fastest you want it to run... last night my laptop was running a program at 100% for a long period, so was able to step it down to run between 600mhz and 1.2ghz instead of between 600mhz and 1.7ghz

    also if you have a thinkpad, can set it up to customize the fan speed for the cpu temperatures so you can run either quieter/hotter or cooler/noisier


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