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    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mallama, Oct 18, 2006.

  1. mallama

    mallama Notebook Enthusiast

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    Best "power scheme" for a notebook? The the default laptop power scheme under windows good? Or should i edit something?
     
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    The windows scheme is decent...didn't you laptop come with some power management utility?

    If not consider, NHC-that's notebook hardware control. It lets you control many settings about your laptop while it's plugged in and while on battery.

    It's free; google it.
     
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    there is no "best" power scheme.

    set it up to what works for you
     
    drumfu, Oct 18, 2006
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    "Best" is subjective. It depends on what tasks you are performing and for how long you need to be able to perform those tasks. I keep a bunch of different profiles on my laptop, tailored to the things I tend to do while on battery.
     
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  5. mallama

    mallama Notebook Enthusiast

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    The reason I am asking this question is because I want to expand the life expectancy of my notebook. I currently use it as my main pc and keep it on most of the day to power. but I don't know if I should let the harddisk spin down when I leave it for 30-min's or just leave it up all the time. Their are times I leave the pc for 10mins and sometimes an hour or more. I just want to maximize the life span of my notebook.

    .. off topic what is the average life span of a notebook?
     
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    if you never take it anywhere, theoretically until something mechanical like the fan or harddrive breaks, even then you could replace those components

    other than that, probably until something physical like the case breaks.
     
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    Well if you're going to leave it on while you're away for an hour or so, you might as well have it power down the hdd, and shut down the display or have it hibernate altogether. Whenever I'm going to be away for that long, I'll either shut it down or put it into hibernation. As far as when you're using, if your CPU supports it, you might want to set it to scale according to the workload.
     
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