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    what does power management driver do?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by warakawa, Aug 21, 2010.

  1. warakawa

    warakawa Notebook Evangelist

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    I downloaded power manager but what does power manager driver 1.60 do exactly?
     
    warakawa, Aug 21, 2010
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    I believe it provides some Lenovo-custom functionality, not available via standard ACPI power management.
     
    Ingvarr, Aug 21, 2010
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    The Power Manager driver is what makes many of the Power Manager's tweaks possible. I didn't write the driver, so I don't know what exactly is in there, but I would assume it allows PM to control fan speed, get battery information, etc. You must have it installed for PM to work.
     
    MidnightSun, Aug 21, 2010
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