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    3200 battery life tweak?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by EricinSF, Dec 27, 2004.

  1. EricinSF

    EricinSF Newbie

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    I've read a few places that there is a registry tweak to get longer battery life out of the Averatec 3200 series laptops - but I cannot seem to find that tweak anywhere.

    Any pointers would be appreciated,

    -Eric in SF
    New Averatec 3200 series owner.
     
    EricinSF, Dec 27, 2004
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  2. wipeout

    wipeout Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    If you DO NOT use the windows provided by averatec, it could be possible that windows is not using the capability of your mobile athlon cpu. Microsoft's KB claims that this problem is fixed with sp1, but I had this problem even with sp1. No idea about sp2. If you don't know if you have the driver, download cpuz and watch the clock of your cpu, it should drop when idle, and go at full speed when on full load. I've applied this fix a few times, if you have any questions don't hesitate.


    See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q306458/ for the driver
    See http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#download for cpuz
     
    wipeout, Dec 29, 2004
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  3. nedlyj

    nedlyj Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believe you are referring to the registry *fix* which restores your power settings appropriately after the problem caused by PowerDVD which no longer allows your machine to reduce CPU speed (always runs at full speed).

    You can find the thread on this at:

    http://www.averatecforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=981

    -n

    Current toys:
    AV3250, dv1000, R3190us, zd7120us, Apple G5

    www.hpnotebookforums.com
    www.dv1000forums.com

     
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    nedlyj, Dec 30, 2004
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  4. No_Code

    No_Code Newbie

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    I may have found something in regard to the battery life problem on my Averatec 3200 series laptop. Essentially, using CPU-Z, I noticed that the CPU frequency did not scale relative to the amount of work being done on the computer at any given time. I was considering uninstalling all of the Cyberlink things that shipped with the computer as this seems to have caused people some grief with CPU frequency scaling. However, I looked in the Power Management control panel and switched the power profile to "Max Battery". Lo and behold the CPU frequency dropped to around 400 MHz during idle. To test things, I launched a small video file while I had CPU-Z open. I watched the clock speed ramp up as the file was opened and drop back down. It spiked throughout playback, I guess filling the playback buffer, etc. Long story short, you guys may want to try this first before uninstalling anything that came with the system.
     
    No_Code, Jan 20, 2005
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  5. symbiont

    symbiont Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there any way I can get a copy of the corrupted registry keys? I want to play with something. If anyone has these (in corrupted state), please let me know, or point me to a link.
     
    symbiont, Jan 21, 2005
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  6. jcjam

    jcjam Newbie

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    This has worked for many people on many platforms. Corrupted registry or not.[8D]

    http://www.averatecforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1617


    I feel more like I do now;...
    Than when I first got here...
    Want More Battery Life and Less Heat?
    http://www.averatecforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1617
     
    jcjam, Feb 2, 2005
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