Power manager driver's bug V.2.50 ? [ Edited ]

[baileifirst]

Hi, all

    I met with this question. That when I install Thinkpad T400 Drivers by TVSU, I took off my battery by some reason. After reboot the system, Windows report a rundll32 error, and power management ultity failed to start.

    After the battery is installed, PM still failed at system start up and windows also report rundll32 error.

    By reinstall the PM drivers, system goes normal.

some information about mine:

Thinkpad T400 2767-A98 with Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit Edition

PM version: 2.50

moderator note: added PM version number for  clarity.

Message Edited by Agotthelf on 10-08-2009 12:20 PM

[skovron]

I'm having the same problem since the latest update.

T400 2764-CTO, Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP2

PM Version: 2.50

[rufik]

So, more people having problem with PM after last upgrade. And not only one model - T60, T61, T400...

[Herik]

Hi,

please start one of the following commands and let me know, by which one you see again the rundll erro:

rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor

C:\Program Files\Lenovo\HOTKEY\TPOSDSVC.exe

In case this situation does not happen by neigher of those tow sommands, then let me know, when exactly do you see the rundll error. 

Rgrds

[rufik]

In my case (T60, WinXP Pro SP3) results are:

rundll32 C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWRMGRTR.DLL,PwrMgrBkGndMonitor - rundll32 error (exception occured while running...)

C:\Program Files\Lenovo\HOTKEY\TPOSDSVC.exe - OK, volume bar appears

[Herik]

Hi,

in case the first command produced the error, then this is an issue with Power Manager. In this situation I would advice following:

- delete Power Manager

- make sure, that you have the latest versions of :

- Power Management driver 

- Hotkey driver

- System Interface driver 

-> once all the above is installed, install Power Manager useing the latest version on the lenovo web. 

 * reboot 

- check whether the issue is still present 

 Let me know your results.

Rgrds

[rufik]

Haven't helped - still the same error using following:

HOTKEY DRIVER
Version:     2.20.0001
Release Date:     2009/06/10

POWER MANAGER DRIVER
Version:     1.53
Release Date:     2009/06/10

SYSTEM INTERFACE DRIVER
Version:     1.01.0805
Release Date:     2008/09/01

POWER MANAGER
Version:     1.60
Release Date:     2009/06/10

I found that problem is in PWMUICtl.dll file, WinDbg says:

Probably caused by : PWMUICtl.ni.dll (
PWMUICtl_ni!Lenovo.PowerManager.PWMUICtl.EffectSettings.Refresh+62c02 )

Stack trace:

0013e2a0 101b228c PWMUICtl+0x18014
0013e2ac 101b2223 PWMUICtl_ni+0x6228c
0013e2e4 101b1da3 PWMUICtl_ni+0x62223
0013e2fc 101b1d4e PWMUICtl_ni+0x61da3
0013e340 0817471b PWMUICtl_ni+0x61d4e

Also during installation I saw cmd window with some compiling warnings:

Microsoft (R) CLR Native Image Generator - Version 2.0.50727.3053
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Installing assembly C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWMUI.exe
    Compiling assembly C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\PWMUI.exe ...
PWMUI, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
    Compiling assembly WindowsBase, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyT
oken=31bf3856ad364e35 ...
WindowsBase, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
    Compiling assembly PresentationCore, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 ...
WARNING: Cannot hardbind to WindowsBase, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 because dependency does not have a native image (check FusLogVw for reason)
PresentationCore, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364
e35
    Compiling assembly PresentationFramework, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 ...
WARNING: Cannot hardbind to WindowsBase, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 because dependency does not have a native image (check FusLogVw for reason)
WARNING: Cannot hardbind to PresentationCore, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 because dependency does not have a native image (check FusLogVw for reason)

[Herik]

Hi,
one strange situation.
You know, just of curiosity I have configured a T60 with XP Pro SP3 English and updated it fully using TVSU and can not replicate this begaviour.
This migh be only a "scream into darkness" but can you describe me what for all other the preinstalled apps you are using? May be this will bring up some light. Becasue till now, when I can not see it in here it's prety hard to do any more comments to this situation. So basically I'm guessing, what are the differences in my and your situation.

btw: what is your BIOS version? if not the latest , try to update, becayse as mentioned, my system is up to date.

Rgrds

[rufik]

My machine is T60 model 2007-77G running Windows XP Pro PL SP3 with latest updates from MS. The only (optional) missed update is something like ".NET 3.0 language pack (KB928416)" which encounters an error while installing.

I use InternetExplorer 7 (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729).

Other stuff from Lenovo:

• BIOS 2.23
• System Update (latest)
• Active Protection System 1.63
• ThinkVangate Fingerprint Software 5.8.4 build 5476
• Think Pad UltraNav Driver, Utility, Wizard
• TrackPint Accesibility Features
• ThinkPad Modem
• ThinkPad FullScreenMagnifier & OSD (latest)
•  Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi 12.4.0.11

.NET versions installed:

http://img26.imageshack.us/i/screenshot015s.png/

Anything else?

[rufik]

It's 99% related to power schemes problem described here.

I can run PM now (hurry!), but cannot manage schemes...