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    Is there any power manager for hp laptops?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by lengendnr, Feb 14, 2009.

  1. lengendnr

    lengendnr Notebook Geek

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    Hi, been using the IBM power manager. After changed to the hp dv7, I wonder is there any power manager that work like the IBM's?

    Basically, I need a power manger that I can use t set thresholds for charging.
    Whenever the power level drops to a certain percentage, the AC will start to charge the battery till the stop charging pecentage is reached..

    Is there any, or can I use the IBM power manger on the hp laptop?

    Thanks..
     
    lengendnr, Feb 14, 2009
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    AFAIK there isnt one and I doubt that the Lenovo one is going to work properly with HP machines considering it would have been customized to work with Lenovo batteries and systems.

    EDIT: BatteryBar seems to have some of the similar functions you are looking for, although I dont know if it has the capability of setting battery charge threshold...
    http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/
     
    miner, Feb 14, 2009
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  3. lengendnr

    lengendnr Notebook Geek

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    Think it cannot set thresholds also..

    Thanks anyway, Miner.
     
    lengendnr, Feb 14, 2009
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    Bump.
    Just found this article and was wondering the same thing. Is there any application like the lenovo's power manager for hp. What I want to do is basically set threshold charging for the battery.

    It would be great if someone knew where to get this.
     
    Ganman, Nov 22, 2009
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  5. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    The thing is there has to be bios support as well as windows software, or as soon as you shut the notebook down it will charge to 100% unless you unplug it first.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Nov 22, 2009
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    oh, didn't realise that. Well do you know of any hp specific software like that of lenovo's??
     
    Ganman, Nov 23, 2009
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    HP's battery conditioning is built into the battery circuit and the BIOS, so there is no software allowing you to customise this setting. These modern batteries are smart enough that you don't really need any special software to set the thresholds.
     
    chrixx, Nov 23, 2009
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