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    Acer Aspir 5942g power management and backup manager problem.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by g47, May 5, 2010.

  1. g47

    g47 Notebook Consultant

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    I have this acer with these two problems.
    Firstly the power management button does not seem to work.
    I have of course launch manager and power management programs installed.
    When i press the button, it does light up green, but i have no indication on the screen like i have when i activate wlan or bluetooth.
    When the drivers of the powersmart manager are uninstalled the button does not light up green when i press it, so it partially works.
    Also, nothing changes in my power settings nor the screen brightens down, no sign that it works.

    Actions i took so far:
    I uninstalled and installed both programs, and i run them as admin.
    I installed first the launch manager and then the power management.
    Nothing changed.
    I go to c: program files:acer:acer powersmart manager and try to open the right exe file which i think is ePowerMsg but then i get an error message saying that the element ePowerMsg stopped working.
    The window is this: [​IMG]
    Is this the right exe?
    I tried with ac only, ac and battery, battery only, same results.

    What can i do now?

    Edit:
    Second problem SOLVED.
     
  2. g47

    g47 Notebook Consultant

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    Problem with backup manager solved.
    I found the file.
    Problem no.1 still here.
     
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    I found something that may help members that have the knowledge.
    I go to c: ProgramData: OEM: Power Management: Log
    There i found a notepad file which had these written:

    04122010_141310 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    04122010_141310 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    04122010_141310 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteDCValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_DC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_TYPICAL_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_TYPICAL_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteDCValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_TYPICAL_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_TYPICAL_DC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MAX_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MAX_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteDCValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MAX_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MAX_DC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),The operation completed successfully.


    04122010_141312 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Intel VGA
    05052010_131559 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_131559 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_131559 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_131600 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_132854 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_132854 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_132854 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_132855 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_164137 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_164137 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_164137 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_164138 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_175926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_175926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_175926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_175927 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_183625 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_183625 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_183625 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_183626 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_185323 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_185323 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_185323 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_185324 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_192045 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button NOT supported
    05052010_192046 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_192926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_192926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_192926 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_192927 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_203551 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_203552 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_203552 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_203553 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05052010_225224 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05052010_225224 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05052010_225224 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05052010_225225 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05062010_004748 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05062010_004748 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05062010_004748 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05062010_004749 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),05062010_163716 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - BEGIN
    05062010_163716 | DefaultPowerOption | info | CheckTrayReg() - END
    05062010_163716 | DefaultPowerOption | info | Battery button supported
    05062010_163717 | DefaultPowerOption | error | PowerWriteACValueIndex(NULL,&GUID_MIN_POWER_SAVINGS,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEX_SUBGROUP,&GUID_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING, DEFAULT_MIN_AC_SEARCH_INDEXER_SETTING),




    And here is a print screen because it is not very well written in the post.
    [​IMG]

    If someone knows what to do.... :(
     
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    Can somebody with this laptop post a screenshot from c: program files (x86): launch manager: OSDRC please?
     
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    After a lot of thought its on its way to the service.
    They should ''fix'' the screen too in theory.