Ideapad s205 power management software problem

Hi,
I have an ideapad S205 with E450 CPU. Everything is fine, except that power management software "forgets" the setting to save the battery (not to charge fully). After while, it sets back to "maximum runtime" setting. This happens with Windows 7 32 and 64bit systems. How could this be fixed? Thanks

Apologies this isn't a solution, but I have just bought an Ideapad S205 & have the same problem. It's very frustrating as it seems to take ages to calibrate. I have tried contacting tech support,but they don't seem to understand the issue....The software version on the download page seems to be an older version of the program I have installed, so i'm reluctant to install it. I guess just remove the power lead when it gets to 50% charged?

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after reading all the problems with that software i figured my data was too valuble to get caught in that mess so for under 75 bucks problem solved and i rid my w500 of that bloatware. even cheaper then ordering the recovery disks from lenovo.
working on getting rid of the rest of the useless software now.
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That's because you are asking a T500/W500 question in the Thinkvantage forum. Anyway, the answer to your question is in this thread.
ATI recently started packaging their switchable graphics driver together with their regular Catalyst. So downloading their latest driver Catalyst 9.4 from the ATI/AMD site and then modifying it with the Mobility Modder will allow you to use switchable graphics without the power manager. The little problem is just that the released version of the Mobility Modder stopped working with Catalyst 9.2 and you are on your own getting a modified Modder working on 9.4, see here.
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Different battery life on x61 with different power manager software

hi, i recently noticed a bunch of new drivers for my x61 (xp pro sp3) so i installed the power manager 1.52. i immediately noticed the battery usage dropping visibly faster than before (about 1% each 2 min on a 6 cell). i remembered when i had win 2k on this thing and it did the same thing after a bios upgrade. back then i reverted to the prior bios and the problem persisted. this was one of the reasons i finally went to xp (this was last year).
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ok, i can confirm its a software issue. the problem was high battery consumption (-1% every two minutes on max batt and dimmest screen) after updates to power manager driver on an x61 running xp pro sp3. reverting to prior drivers would not solve the issue.
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I upgraded to windows 8 on my T420s and have done all updates using Lenovo update utility. I installed power driver for windows 8 but I cannot find the power management software. When will it be released?
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Hi, ishtech
Lenovo has yet to release the Power Manger for Windows 8, but some users have developed a workaround. Though not supported, it seems that some users have been able to install the Windows 7 power manager (found here) and have gotten it to work by running it in Windows 7 compatibility mode. If it works for you, it should tide you over until Lenovo releases Power Manager for Windows 8. You can find more information on this here on this Lenovo thread.
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4313CTO Power Manager update problem ** Ignore **

T510, Win 7 32, all updates up to date.
Just installed BIOS 1.43-1.19 / Power Manager 3.48. I am now unable to configure the Power Button.
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Thanks, I looked for bugs on this, but didn't find that one on the backlight for some reason. I was about to issue my own bug report. Anyway, so I added my comments to the bug report, but it has been marked "fixed" already (because it was really addressing a slightly different issue with DPMS), so I don't know if I need to start a new bug report or not. I'll wait and see what kind of reply I get. (In fact, it seems like the fix to the problem in the backlight bug report may have caused the problem addressed in this thread.)
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Best power management software in Xfce?

I am struggling with xfce now . When i was using gnome , l like gnome-power-manager very much . Is there a similar program in Xfce could do a replacement ?

PKGBILD
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IdeaPad S205 Battery Not Charging problem

Hello, I have a Lenovo IdeaPad S205, and have run into some trouble. The charger recently stopped working properly, and I bought a replacement - the original charger has an output of 20V, whereas the replacement has an output of 19V. However, I wouldn't think this would make a difference. This said, when I plugged in the new charger, it said "plugged in, not charging". I took the battery out, and put it back in again, as I have had a similar trouble before, and doing this fixed it. The system stayed running while the battery was out, and I've noticed the battery percentage is not going down while this replacement is plugged in. Also, the original now seems to do the same - "plugged in, not charging". Can anyone offer any assistance?
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hi Ben_R,
That's odd. Can you try to::
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- Link to picture (battery light indicator meaning)
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My solution (or so I thought) to Power Manager/CPU throttling problems!!!

I have found a solution to all my Power Manager/CPU throttling problems!!! Though there is some good and bad news.
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13)Reconnect backup battery.
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15)Power on. Should get a message indicating “checksum error, system time reset” or something like that.
16)Reboot to Windows. Verified still okay.
17)Downloaded latest BIOS version, 1.26. This time I burned the bootable BIOS flash CD instead of running it through Windows.
18)Restart and boot from disc, flash BIOS to 1.26. Once complete, restart. Verify BIOS set to defaults.
19)Boot back into Windows.
20)Install latest Power Manager driver (1.62 ), reboot if/as prompted. Install Power Manager (3.62), reboot as prompted.
21)Boot into Windows, verified Power Manager was active and working. Verified TurboBoost was working. Restarted system a few times and played around with Power Manager for a bit to see if the different power plans worked and retained the settings, all the while monitoring the Intel TurboBoost utility and PM’s own “power gauges”. Let system Sleep, changed power sources, resumed, etc. Everything was working great.
22)Shutdown, reconnect main battery. Booted into Windows. Again, fiddled with Power Manager for a bit, switching between power plans and AC/battery power. Still worked great.
23)Success!
That’s it. Again, this is not a guaranteed fix guide. These are just simply the steps that I took on my system that resolved the problems many of us are having. Hopefully it will work for others.
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All I basically did was download and install...
(Chipset driver) http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/oss924ww.exe
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Hello jrobertsEBD and welcome to community,
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