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    ThinkVantage's HDD "Active Protection System" any downside?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by a529612, Aug 18, 2007.

  1. a529612

    a529612 Notebook Geek

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    Is the APS a resource hog and makes your system run slower? Thanks!
     
    a529612, Aug 18, 2007
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    chadwicktr Notebook Evangelist

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    No, just Ctrl+shift+esc and look for the process "TpShocks.exe" I believe... it's a light utility...
     
    chadwicktr, Aug 18, 2007
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  3. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    FYI, it only takes up 6912 K on my X61.
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 19, 2007
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    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    444 K on my X61s.
     
    sp00n, Aug 19, 2007
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    Sp00n, are you sure you are not looking at TPHDEXLG.exe instead? That's the HDD logger module for the ThinkVantage Active Protection System.

    My system shows 644 K for this process (I guess I give it many shocks).
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 19, 2007
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  6. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Yep, I'm sure.

    [​IMG]
     
    sp00n, Aug 19, 2007
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    Wow, that's quite a difference. I wonder why the difference is so big. What does your TPHDEXLG.exe say?
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 19, 2007
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    my tpshocks says 264K
     
    panteedropper, Aug 19, 2007
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    TPHDEXLG64 (x64) says 416 K.
     
    sp00n, Aug 19, 2007
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    Very big difference. I assume you have yours activated, in the the tray and with default settings?

    Anyone care to speculate as to why TPshocks is hogging so much memory on my system?

    My config:
    - X61
    - Vista 32bit
    - 2.0Ghz Core2Duo
    - 3 GB RAM
    - 120 GB HDD
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 19, 2007
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