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    Thinkpad Edge 15 - Battery Stretch?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Injek, Mar 18, 2013.

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    Injek Notebook Consultant

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    Hello everyone,

    I have a Thinkpad Edge 15 ( the first generation aka E50 ).

    I just learnt about the feature known as battery stretch found on the other thinkpads. I have the latest version of Power Manager ( 6.40) but I don't have the option to enable it. Battery stretch is just not there.

    I really would need the feature to disable all useless background services to save battery life.

    I have a feeling that this is just a software limitation , and if someone knows how to make it available, i'd be sooo grateful!

    Or else, are there any alternatives to that feature on the web?


    Thank you
     
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    Injek Notebook Consultant

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    Can someone with a battery stretch capable laptop show me a view of the registry values corresponding to the path shown in the screenshots of REGEDIT please?

    I'm ready to mess with it! Thanks!



    Edit:

    I really want to see if it's not a soft-locked feature so that everyone else can also benefit from it.
    Someone please? :)
     

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    Okay so I did it! I successfully added the feature.

    Just set the ExtremeBatteryLife to 1 !

    And there you go, you have the thinkpad attery stretch ;)
     
    Injek, Apr 16, 2013
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