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    New NHC version out

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Valkyrie, Aug 14, 2006.

  1. Valkyrie

    Valkyrie Notebook Consultant

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    Just a heads up, there's a new version of Notebook Hardware Control at
    http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm
    Looks like it has quite a few improvements, and I'm testing it right now
     
    Valkyrie, Aug 14, 2006
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    That came out about 2 weeks ago, but yeah its definately an improvement.
     
    adinu, Aug 14, 2006
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  3. neilk2350

    neilk2350 Notebook Evangelist

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    do i have to uninstall the sony stuff?
     
    neilk2350, Aug 14, 2006
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  4. spweber

    spweber Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just downloaded it and tried to run it....but got this error message:

    ERROR! Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    and then it closes.....


    All I did was uninstall the previous version.....reboot, and install this latest version.....

    Anyone else seeing this error?

    NHC has worked flawlessly till now....


    Stan Weber
    Parker,CO
     
    spweber, Aug 14, 2006
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  5. Private-Cowboy

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    No, work besides each other perfeclty. The new NHC version is a little buggy though like "max performance" crashing the system.
     
    Private-Cowboy, Aug 14, 2006
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  6. Valkyrie

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    I was about to post the work around for that object reference error.
    All you have to do is just deleted the files in the acpi directory, and it should load just fine. I also uncheck the "Enable ACPI control system" after the NHC loads.
     
    Valkyrie, Aug 14, 2006
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  7. Valkyrie

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    No you don't. In fact I use them both. In the "CPU Speed" tab, I check the "Set Selected Power Scheme"
     
    Valkyrie, Aug 14, 2006
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  8. spweber

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    Excellent!!! That did the trick.... THANKS!!!!!
     
    spweber, Aug 14, 2006
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  9. matt_h1

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    It took a hour off my battery until I realised the nividia powermizer control is back to front, The ac part actually controls the battery settings and the battery settings control the AC settings.
     
    matt_h1, Aug 15, 2006
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    Related to NeilK's question, my advanced Sony Power Management options are no longer visible in the "Power Options" item in the Conrol Panel. What happened to it? If I wanted NHC to control the power usage of my SZ, how would I disable devices during battery usage?
     
    NuntiusLuminis, Aug 15, 2006
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  11. starstreak

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    what, i'm at work and just installed the new nhc and you lost me, the powermizer controls are wrong? as in whats labled a/c is really battery and via versa? btw, being that the power mizer isnt displayed in my normal nvidia I was curious if it actually made a difference? example: now I dont need to switch btween video cards becuase nvidia set to lowest setting is as good as the intel vid card.
     
    starstreak, Aug 15, 2006
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  12. Valkyrie

    Valkyrie Notebook Consultant

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    That's odd. My Sony power management is not missing after installing NHC.
    Also, I just tried setting up my S560 to disable the optical drive when using the battery, and it functions properly with both sony's power management and NHC running.
    When I switch to battery, it automatically disable the DVD drive, and when I plugged it back, the drive is enabled.

    Oh and Pre Release 03 is just released
     
    Valkyrie, Aug 15, 2006
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  13. starstreak

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    Thats the one I dloaded. You mean thats not what this original thread was about?
     
    starstreak, Aug 15, 2006
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  14. Valkyrie

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    No, I downloaded the pre release 02 from the site.
     
    Valkyrie, Aug 15, 2006
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  15. matt_h1

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    Okay powermizer is automatically set to (without NHC installed) on AC 400mhz/350mhz, and on battery 100mhz/110mhz. The powermizer controls in NHC allow you to change those defaults so that you can keep the graphics at full power when on battery or to underclock them to reduce heat when on AC, The middle control sets it to 200mhz/200mhz BTW. Anyway for whatever reason the AC settings control the battery settings and vice versa, Even if you tick the Disable powermizer controls I found it was still changing the clocks.
     
    matt_h1, Aug 15, 2006
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    I don't recommend running the beta.

    One I had it running my SZ would turn off automatically or wouldn't resume from standby.

    Had those issues constantly while running it for 4 days.

    Now that it's be uninstalled, the laptop is behaving properly again

    That was with version 2 beta
     
    jyavenard, Aug 15, 2006
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    I did notice one thing. I tried powermizer and unless its my system, its not good. I set it to best powersaving while on battery, I was at 15fps in wow. In balanced it went to 20fps. In full power mode, it hit 30fps. Sounds good BUT before I turned on powermizer, I was hitting 64fps. something isnt right. Once I rebooted my computer and made sure the powermizer was off, it was fine again.

    Update:
    Weird. Now its working properly. Same thing using wow. Max saving=20fps,Balanced=35-40fps,full speed= 60-64fps. Hmm This worries me since I dunno what is causing this.
     
    starstreak, Aug 16, 2006
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