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    why my p6831 fx works fine only while charging battery?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by coolkiller, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. coolkiller

    coolkiller Notebook Enthusiast

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    I updated my drivers to the DOX 180.84, but now theres a problem before update I could play very well without charging the laptop .. now I need to plug the charger to play 100%..

    this new drivers are fine but only with the laptop charging --


    is there any option at the nvidia control panel to resolve that?

    this never happend till update .. yesterday was working fine
     
    coolkiller, Jan 15, 2009
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    The drivers are made to give maximum preformance to the cards. Unfortunatly to give that preformance it requires more power than the battery can provide. To make up for this the system down clocks everything to conserve battery life.

    To get the most out of your system you have to leave it plugged in.
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jan 15, 2009
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    coolkiller Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah but yesterday was fine I was playing very well with both ways, its just this new drivers?? should I come back with the older one?
     
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    royk50 times being what they are

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    use system restore to go back in time (whateve...)
     
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    Narukari Notebook Geek

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    With the newest dox customized drivers, he disabled the ability to disable the powermiser settings. Something about incompatibilities with leaving it in. If you really want to keep your clocks while running on battery, you will need to go back to the earlier version of the dox drivers to get the powermiser option back.
     
    Narukari, Jan 15, 2009
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    coolkiller Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you I did it now I'm fine :D
     
    coolkiller, Jan 16, 2009
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