Battery life not lasting very long? Learn how to maximize your battery life.
This package enables or updates the utility programs for the following systems: - ThinkPad 570, 570E
- ThinkPad 600, 600E, 600X
- ThinkPad 770(*8), 770E, 770ED, 770X, 770Z
- ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22m, A22p, A22e,A30, A30p,A31, A31p (*1)
- ThinkPad G40 (*7), G41(*5)
- ThinkPad R32, R40 (*4), R40e (*6), R50 (*5), R50e (*5), R50p (*5), R51 (*5)
- ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23, T30 (*3), T40 (*4), T40p (*5), T41 (*4), T41p (*5), T42 (*4), T42p (*5), T43 Model 26xx (*10)
- ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30 (*4), X31 (*4), X32 (*9), X40 (*9)
- ThinkPad i Series 1157 (*1)
- ThinkPad TransNote (*3)
Notes: - *1: Supports Windows 98/98 SE/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP only
- *2: Supports Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP only
- *3: Supports Windows 98 SE/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP only
- Only the following T30 models support the Windows Me: 2366/2367-x1x, x2x, x3x, x4x, x5x, A6x and A7x except for M1x, M2x, M3x, M4x and M5x
- *4: Supports Windows 98/98 SE/NT 4.0/2000/XP only
- *5: Supports Windows 2000/XP only
- *6: Supports Windows XP only
- *7: Supports Windows 98 SE/2000/XP only
- *8: No Windows XP support
- *9: Supports Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP only
- *10:Supports Windows NT 4.0 only
Version 1.38 - (Fix) Manually changed brightness setting is not kept in Battery Endurance mode.
- (Fix) Charge stop level is not reset when both start and stop levels need to be changed.
- (Fix) Charge threshold settings are not kept after hibernation wakeup.
- (Fix) Some conditions for resetting automatic charge thresholds are not correct.
Get a complete list of changes fixed by previous updates. Notes:
- If you have ThinkPad Configuration version 1.31 or earlier installed, uninstall it first and reboot before installing this package. Then install the following packages
- ThinkPad 5xx/i-1157 :
- ThinkPad 6xx/7xx :
- Other ThinkPad machines:
- If you install this newer version of Battery MaxiMiser after uninstalling previous versions on Windows 2000/XP, reboot the system after uninstallation.
- The ThinkPad Software Installer provides install/uninstall wizard for this package.
- Start Windows 95/98/Me. For Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, logon with a User ID with administrator privileges.
- Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
- Click Start and then click Run.
- In the Run dialog window, type C:\DRIVERS\WIN\BMMPM\SETUP, and click OK. If you extracted the files to a different location, specify that location instead.
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: This is for system administrators' use only. - Start Windows 95/98/Me, or Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP and logon with a User ID of Administrator.
- Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
- Click Start and then click Run.
- In the Run dialog window, type C:\DRIVERS\WIN\BMMPM\SETUP -S -SMS, and click OK. If you extracted the files to a different location, specify that location instead.
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
- ThinkPad Power Property
- Supported on all machines
- Not supported on Windows NT 4.0
- Battery MaxiMiser program
- Not supported on ThinkPad 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, i-1157
- Not supported on Windows 95/NT 4.0
- Battery Information program
- Not supported on ThinkPad 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, i-1157
- Supported on all operating systems
- Fuel-Gauge program
- Supported only on ThinkPad 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, i-1157
- Not supported on Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP ACPI system
Method 1: - Start Battery MaxiMiser Wizard and see the first page. You will see the version information on the screen.
Method 2: - Start the Battery Information program. The main screen will be displayed.
- Select About... system menu. The version will be displayed.
|