Windows 7 Discussion

[#1]

power plan set to max?

[#2]

no, power plan is set to optimized

[#3]

I'm having this exact same issue except I upgraded from vista business x64 to windows 7 professional x64.  I've lost an hour of battery life.

[#4]

I'm having the same issue.

I'm very disappointed in my tablet and contemplating ditching Windows 7 until SP1 or this gets resolved.  I've gone from 9 hours to 6.5 hours under the same usage, and this is after disabling a number of services, themes, unused hardware (modem, webcam), customizing power settings in Windows and Power Manager ... ... yeah.

[#5]

BTW, I recognized that all my context list flicker when opened for the first time.

Using Firefox 3.5 I saw such a behaviour also at my RSS feed lists.

Is it possible that switchable graphics driver is not working well, which in the end leeds to a higher power consumption?

Is it possible to use ATI and INTEL original graphic drivers instead of switchable driver from lenovo?

Rgrds

[#6]

Same problem here... I had 3,5-4h of battery life (Energy Star) and now it's decreased to 1,5h ... wtf?

I upgraded the Energy Manager after the OS Upgrade from Vista to Seven. But still no difference.

Please help, cause I need at least 2,5h-3h battery life for my daily "mobile" work ((

thx

[#7]

Can everyone do the following please.

Start > CMD (Right-Click Open as Administrator) > Type "Powercfg -energy"

It'll generate a html file that will specify what your laptop is doing during battery mode.  Remember to set your power setting to "Maximum Battery Life" before running it.  If it gives you any errors post them here and stat your laptop model.  Let's get more information and band together to find out specific issues.  I posted my results on the first page.

[#8]

Good idea, I just did that. My TP is an X200s (7469-A28) running Win7 x64 with 3GB of RAM and an Intel X25-M G1.

I have several Errors in that report. My system is German. There are 3 errors, the first 2 being USB devices not entering standby, the 3rd error is the PCI Express-ASPM, as posted before. Here we go:

USB-Standbymodus:USB-Gerät wechselt nicht in Standbymodus

Das USB-Gerät wechselte nicht in den Standbymodus. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann verhindert werden, wenn ein USB-Gerät bei Nichtverwendung nicht in den Standbymodus wechselt.

Gerätename USB-Root-Hub

Hostcontroller-ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A

Hostcontrollerspeicherort PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7

Geräte-ID USB\VID_8086&PID_293A

Portpfad

USB-Standbymodus:USB-Gerät wechselt nicht in Standbymodus

Das USB-Gerät wechselte nicht in den Standbymodus. Die Prozessorenergieverwaltung kann verhindert werden, wenn ein USB-Gerät bei Nichtverwendung nicht in den Standbymodus wechselt.

Gerätename F3507g Mobile Broadband Device

Hostcontroller-ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A

Hostcontrollerspeicherort PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7

Geräte-ID USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1900

Portpfad 4

Funktionen der PlattformenergieverwaltungCI Express-ASPM (Active-State Power Management) deaktiviert

PCI Express-ASPM (Active-State Power Management) wurde aufgrund einer bekannten Inkompatibilität mit der Computerhardware deaktiviert.

Hopefully Lenovo takes care of this issue or even escalates it to Microsoft. I lost roughly 33% battery life with my move from WinXP 32bit to Win7 64bit. That is simply unacceptable, especially because Microsoft stated that power management in Win7 has been improved compared to its predecessors.

Looks like it might be an issue with Win7 x64?

[#9]

I ran the energy check and it found 2 errors:

Errors

CPU Utilizationrocessor utilization is high

The average processor utilization during the trace was high. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low. Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.

Average Utilization (%) 33.13

Platform Power Management CapabilitiesCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Disabled

PCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) has been disabled due to a known incompatibility with the hardware in this computer.

Edit: Forgot to mention: X200 (7454CTO), Win 7 x64, 4GB RAM.

[#10]

w500 4gb ram T9400 upgraded from vista business 64 to w7 pro 64   I went from around 4 hours to 2 hours, with equivalent settings.

Analysis Results Errors

Power PolicyCI Express ASPM is disabled (Plugged In)

The current power policy for PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM) is configured to Off.

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend

The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.

Device Name USB Composite Device Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7 Device ID USB\VID_046D&PID_C51B Port Path 2,1

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend

The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.

Device Name USB Root Hub Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7 Device ID USB\VID_8086&PID_293A Port Path  

USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend

The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.

Device Name Generic USB Hub Host Controller ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A Host Controller Location PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7 Device ID USB\VID_05E3&PID_0606 Port Path 2

CPU Utilizationrocessor utilization is high

The average processor utilization during the trace was high. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low. Review processor utilization for individual processes to determine which applications and services contribute the most to total processor utilization.

Average Utilization (%) 13.14

Platform Power Management CapabilitiesCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Disabled

PCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) has been disabled due to a known incompatibility with the hardware in this computer.

Warnings

Power Policyisplay timeout is long (Plugged In)

The display is configured to turn off after longer than 10 minutes.

Timeout (seconds) 900

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name svchost.exe PID 1080 Average Utilization (%) 3.08 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 1.51 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\esent.dll 0.45 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll 0.40

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name System PID 4 Average Utilization (%) 1.54 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 0.61 \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\igdpmd64.sys 0.28 \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\rdyboost.sys 0.27

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name firefox.exe PID 5672 Average Utilization (%) 1.49 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\xul.dll 0.49 \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 0.18 \SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys 0.18

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name sidebar.exe PID 3868 Average Utilization (%) 1.24 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 0.34 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\mshtml.dll 0.29 \SystemRoot\System32\win32k.sys 0.12

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name dwm.exe PID 2440 Average Utilization (%) 1.07 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\igd10umd64.dll 0.40 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\dwmcore.dll 0.24 \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\igdpmd64.sys 0.16

CPU Utilization:Individual process with significant processor utilization.

This process is responsible for a significant portion of the total processor utilization recorded during the trace.

Process Name AcSvc.exe PID 2968 Average Utilization (%) 0.55 Module Average Module Utilization (%) \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe 0.22 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll 0.12 \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\wow64cpu.dll 0.07