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    W500 slowness on battrey ?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bashar, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. Bashar

    Bashar Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello,
    i noticed my W500 slows down like hell when i'm on battrey ! i have to plug it into A/C all the time to be able to respond quick enough

    this doesn't happen at all on the X300

    is it the SSD only or i'm having something need to be tweaked?

    i dont use windows i use ubuntu linux btw...


    does it happen with you or its just me ?
     
    Bashar, Aug 20, 2009
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  2. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    Your CPU is probably throttling down. Check your Linux process monitor, it should say CPU frequency.

    Your X300 probably does the same, but the delta is far smaller. Both drop to 800 MHz but the x300 is 1.2 while your w500 is probably 2.5 +.
     
    jonlumpkin, Aug 20, 2009
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  3. Bashar

    Bashar Notebook Evangelist

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    yes i noticed it drops to 800Mhz but i tried to set it back to 2.8Mhz changing it from ondemand to performance too but no luck still slow !

    things stuck for fraction of a second before responding sometimes upto a second or two not instant like when im on power!
     
    Bashar, Aug 20, 2009
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  4. MastahRiz

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    There's also setting in the BIOS that controls battery discharge, you could try changing that from "Optimize for battery" to Performance, or some setting very similar to that.
     
    MastahRiz, Aug 21, 2009
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    Quicklite, Aug 21, 2009
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