Changing power settings

[Steve Silverwood]

In Windows 7 x64, I am given only two power settings on the battery
icon in the notification tray: "High Performance" and "Balanced." If
I manually go in and change my current setting to "Power Saver" then
the two presented when clicking that battery are "Power Saver" and
"Balanced."

Okay, some people have called me unbalanced before, but in this case I
think it would be a good thing...!

Specifically, I want to have just the "High Performance" and "Power
Saver" options show up, as those are the two I most often use (the
former when on external power, the latter when on battery), and I
rarely need the Balanced setting.

So far as I've been able to find, I can't move "Balanced" from the
"Plans shown on the battery meter" column of Power Options down to
"Hide additional plans" and promote the "Power Saver" up to the list
of those shown on the battery meter.

Any ideas? Do I just have to live with it? Thanks in advance.

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Wildomar, California, USA

Email: (e-mail address removed)
Blog: http://stevesilverwood.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kb6ojs

 

[Seth]

In Windows 7 x64, I am given only two power settings on the battery
icon in the notification tray: "High Performance" and "Balanced." If
I manually go in and change my current setting to "Power Saver" then
the two presented when clicking that battery are "Power Saver" and
"Balanced."

Okay, some people have called me unbalanced before, but in this case I
think it would be a good thing...!

Specifically, I want to have just the "High Performance" and "Power
Saver" options show up, as those are the two I most often use (the
former when on external power, the latter when on battery), and I
rarely need the Balanced setting.

So far as I've been able to find, I can't move "Balanced" from the
"Plans shown on the battery meter" column of Power Options down to
"Hide additional plans" and promote the "Power Saver" up to the list
of those shown on the battery meter.

Any ideas? Do I just have to live with it? Thanks in advance.

Not sure how to change the listed plan options, but why not just customize
the plan to meet both your needs from the same plan? See what the "Power
Saver" plans shows for the "on battery" mode and just set the "on battery"
mode for the "High Performance" profile to match. Now your high performance
when on AC and power saver when un-plugged.

 

[SC Tom]

In Windows 7 x64, I am given only two power settings on the battery
icon in the notification tray: "High Performance" and "Balanced." If
I manually go in and change my current setting to "Power Saver" then
the two presented when clicking that battery are "Power Saver" and
"Balanced."

Okay, some people have called me unbalanced before, but in this case I
think it would be a good thing...!

Specifically, I want to have just the "High Performance" and "Power
Saver" options show up, as those are the two I most often use (the
former when on external power, the latter when on battery), and I
rarely need the Balanced setting.

So far as I've been able to find, I can't move "Balanced" from the
"Plans shown on the battery meter" column of Power Options down to
"Hide additional plans" and promote the "Power Saver" up to the list
of those shown on the battery meter.

Any ideas? Do I just have to live with it? Thanks in advance.

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Wildomar, California, USA

Email: (e-mail address removed)
Blog: http://stevesilverwood.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kb6ojs

I agree with Seth's reply. By creating my own custom profile, I get the best
of both worlds. When on battery, my CPU and GPU throttle back, the screen
darkens slightly, etc. Use the basic settings to create the new profile,
then go into Advanced settings to fine tune it. That way, you never have to
change your option in the system tray. It took a few minutes to create it,
then probably 2 or 3 days to fine tune some of my changes, but I haven't
changed anything in it in 3 or 4 months now. If I'm plugged in, it runs
great, and if I'm on battery, it lasts a little longer than before. My
Gateway has never had the best of battery life as it is, but I was able to
eke out a few more minutes this way, and still have it usable.
You might find this useful:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/775-custom-power-plan-create-delete.html

 

[Steve Silverwood]

I agree with Seth's reply. By creating my own custom profile, I get the best
of both worlds. When on battery, my CPU and GPU throttle back, the screen
darkens slightly, etc. Use the basic settings to create the new profile,
then go into Advanced settings to fine tune it. That way, you never have to
change your option in the system tray. It took a few minutes to create it,
then probably 2 or 3 days to fine tune some of my changes, but I haven't
changed anything in it in 3 or 4 months now. If I'm plugged in, it runs
great, and if I'm on battery, it lasts a little longer than before. My
Gateway has never had the best of battery life as it is, but I was able to
eke out a few more minutes this way, and still have it usable.
You might find this useful:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/775-custom-power-plan-create-delete.html

Thanks, guys. I went ahead with that approach and all's good. Should
have thought of that myself, I suppose. Thanks.


//Steve//