Notebook Hardware Control - Do you use it?

[GTT1]

Does anyone use this free program that is supposed to help conserve battery?

Looks pretty cool but not sure best way to use it.

It would seem I only need the features when traveling as at home I keep it on the AC adapter all the time.

Some questions for those who use the program.

Is their a simple way to turn it off completely when not needed. I see that you can simple switch between different performance modes maybe thats all that you need?

Has anyone tried programming acpi for an IBM T40/T41?

[GateGuardian]

Program worked great on my z70va..... doesn't seem to work my X61t though .... doesn't matter.... the Thinkvantage one is just as good

[hades]

Yup, use it on my Toshiba Satellite... Gave me about 30 minutes extra battery...

My laptop has several 'speed-steps'. I set the voltage for each step, was able to undervolt each step by a bit. I do not 'turn the program off' since there is no need to. All it does is adjust the voltage your CPU gets at each speed-step. The laptops still uses the original power-level program to manage power (which should tell it to run on max power if on AC).

The two processes are independent, there is no need to turn it off.

hades

[GTT1]

Thanks guys

What is the Thinkvantage one? Any links or full name

[legendofxix]

Best Program Ever.
Undervolt + Dynamic Switching = win.

[ASharp]

I personally use RM Clock to undervolt my notebook's CPU. It works very well and gets me about 4 hours on my 2 year old Dell. It does require more effort in that you actually have to sit and test for stability and find the lowest stable voltages to set up but, I like it. NHC looks easier to use too so, that might be better for people who just want to install and go.