Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management features for Windows - ThinkPad General

Battery life not lasting very long? Learn how to maximize your battery life.

	Supported systems
	Summary of changes

Installation instructions

	Summary of supported programs, machines, and operating systems
	Determining which version is installed

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
  
  

• (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 Configuration package
      
      
  • ThinkPad 6xx/7xx :
    
    • ThinkPad Configuration package
      
    • ThinkPad Personalization Editor
      
      
  • Other ThinkPad machines:
    
    • ThinkPad Configuration package
      
    • ThinkPad Presentation Director
      
    • ThinkPad EasyEject Utility (Win2000/XP)
      
      
• 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.

1. Start Windows 95/98/Me. For Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, logon with a User ID with administrator privileges.
2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
3. Click Start and then click Run.
4. 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.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
   
   

1. Start Windows 95/98/Me, or Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP and logon with a User ID of Administrator.
2. Extract this package onto the hard disk drive.
3. Click Start and then click Run.
4. 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.
5. 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
    
    

1. Start Battery MaxiMiser Wizard and see the first page. You will see the version information on the screen.

Method 2:

1. Start the Battery Information program. The main screen will be displayed.
2. Select About... system menu. The version will be displayed.