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| From | sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Battery save app |
| Date | 2025-01-10 14:39 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vls0h4$7c1$6@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vlrc1u$7c1$1@dont-email.me> <i8v2ojhd4sllne161kbnvhgpf8ee00vqa4@4ax.com> <vlrvf8$7e9p$1@dont-email.me> |
On 1/10/2025 2:20 PM, Paul wrote: > On Fri, 1/10/2025 3:03 PM, Ralph Fox wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:49:34 -0600, sticks wrote: >> >>> I got a new laptop for the wife, my first time with Win 11, though I've >>> been reading here since I knew this day was inevitable. No problems >>> getting it all set up, expect for the battery issue. >>> >>> I recall a while back talk on one of the windows groups where the >>> battery would only charge to 80% to save battery life on newer >>> computers. I guess I thought Win 11 had the ability to do this. From >>> what I gather, it only has the option to help out by limiting what you >>> can do if the level goes below 20%. That's not what I was interested >>> in. Am I correct that Win 11 has no built in way to manage the top >>> charging level on it's own? >>> >>> So then I started looking for manufacturer options. This is an HP >>> laptop, 15-fd0107dx prodID A9PE7UA#ABA, and it appears their support for >>> this is not the best. I read more stuff on windows 10 and little on >>> windows 11. There are some pages showing what they call HP Power >>> Manager, but going to their site and allowing them to scan and give >>> updates and software options it doesn't come up for this laptop. >>> >>> I have downloaded a file, sp78633.exe, that looks like it might be the >>> HP Power Manager software. I did update the bios from the website and >>> on the bios configuration tab it had something called Adaptive Battery >>> Optimizer (enabled), but can't see where it does anything. I do have >>> the full setup macrium image all made in case I screw something up. >>> >>> I guess my second question is does anyone have this Power Manager stuff >>> from HP on a Windows 11 system and know where to get it, or in the >>> alternative I guess I could try running the sp78633.exe file and see >>> what happens? >>> >>> Any suggestions welcomed! >> >> >> My HP laptop (series G5) has the HP Battery Health Manager. >> It is a BIOS-level option. The settings are in the BIOS. >> I updated it a few years ago by flashing a new BIOS. >> >> My guess is the file sp78633.exe may be for flashing the BIOS on >> certain HP models only. I don't know what it might do to your >> wife's HP laptop. >> >> See this HP support page. Note the words "BIOS-level" and >> "found in most HP business notebooks." >> >> <https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/ish_4449597-3519507-16> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> HP Business Notebook PCs - HP Battery Health Manager >> >> HP Battery Health Manager is a BIOS-level setting found in most >> HP business notebooks. It is designed to optimize battery health >> by minimizing the notebook battery exposure to key factors, such >> as high state-of-charge, which can accelerate the natural >> degradation and chemical aging of the battery over time. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > BIOS image flashers, usually check the model identifier string > in the BIOS, to validate whether the new image is for the machine. I'm not even going to try and run the sp78633.exe file. You guys have convinced me it probably won't work. -- I Stand With Israel!
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Re: Battery save app Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-10 12:21 -0500
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Re: Battery save app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-11 15:50 +0100
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