Thinkvantage power manager

My T400 is woeking fine but the battery gauge in my taskbar show the batter as bing not installed. Everything else works though. I tried uninstalling the power manager and reinstalling it. Ihave tried calling tech support but they are useless. Ideas?

Hi Pheckphul,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
ThinkVantage Power Manager is available only till Windows 7 OS, you won’t get Power Manager for Windows 8 and above, instead of that you can install Lenovo power management application.
To update the drivers and application for your system use ThinkVantage System Update utility.
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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ThinkVantage Power Manager - idle time for screen brightness fixed at 1minute (very anoying)

Dear all,
Please consider this problem:
I have just recieved my new X301 which I am very pleased with. However the ThinkVantage Power Manager has a very annoying bug. When creating a custom power scheme everything works as it should (as far as I can tell) except for one thing. Whilst in the "Idle timers" section the first drop down box which allows you to select the "lower display brightness" time in the "battery settings" column I find that I can select any of the options provided, i.e. "After 1 minute", "After 2 minutes", ...etc "After 45 minutes" or "Never". HOWEVER, regardless of what option I select the power manager instantly reverts back to "After 1 minute" as soon as I exit (selecting the "apply" button or the "okay" button does not help). This is incredibly anoying as it means I'm constantly harrased by the sreen changing brighness when I don't want it to OR having to set the "Lower to" setting to the same as the active screen brightness which means there are no power saving advantages at all and I get the anoying flash of the brightness bars on the screen every 60 seconds (that's 60 times in a working hour!)
I have done the following to try to resolve the problem:
1) updated the power manager to the latest verion: 1.54
2) uninstalled the power manager comletely and then reinstalled it, then applied the updates bit by bit and checking the problem at each stage
3) completely restored the entire system to factory setup (formatting the SSD and losing all data and settings...)
NONE of these options have worked. Please note that this is a brand new system out of the box... (cost 2800USD...)
Can anyone please confirm whether or not this happens on their system as well? Is it just me or is this a global problem? I've called the Lenovo ThinkVantage call centre in the US but they couldn't help.
Thanks for your help,
AMS.

This is clearly a bug in PM 1.54. I get the same thing with my old X40, Win XP, SP3. I've recently installed PM 1.54, and have the same problem. It has nothing to do with scheduled tasks, as (a) I don't have any (and don't run the Task Scheduler service on my machine), and (b) it happens immediately (ie. edits are lost as soon as I try to apply them).
Does anyone know if there is an official place to log bugs for TP software?
[editM also kicks in with the 'idle' timer while I'm working.I like its functions, but PM does seem buggy]
Message Edited by crispinb on 06-16-2009 12:36 PM

ThinkVantage Power Management Driver v1.55 link broken

I would like to update some drivers that require the updating of ThinkVantage Power Management Driver to v1.55. Unfortunately, the link for that driver seems broken. Here is the link. It says:
Our apologies
There is a problem retrieving the document MIGR-4GXPEG
Does anyone know the deal with this or who the correct person at Lenovo would be to report this to?
Thanks.
X200 tablet 7448CTO - Running XP until I get around to updating to Windows 7

Hi,
you can donwload Poewr Management driver 1.55 from this link:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/6hku07ww.exe
btw: make sure, that when you have the latest version of Power management driver, then also install the latest versions of :
Power Manager
System Interface driver
Hotkey utility
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T430s Windows 8 Thinkvantage Power Management not working

Hi!
On my t430s I can't get the Thinkvantag Power Manager working. Was someone succesful with this?
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"Erm...how do I do that??"
Install Power Management driver. Download Lenovo Power Manager for Windows7 to desktop or wherever you want.
Right click the file > Properties > Compatibility > Windows7. Haven't tried it myself but it appears people with Windows
8 say that it's working.
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Thinkvantage Power Manager Not Working

My thinkvantage power manager does not work correctly. The power gauge opens but when I click on it to attempt to open the power manager to look at my battery settings, etc, an icon shows up on my taskbar but the actual power manager doesn't fully open.
System Information:
Laptop: T500
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Some help would be greatly appreciated
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with the latest 3.62 upgrade there seems to be a problem since the reliability monitor indicates the power manager cisco energywise enabler stops working repeateadly.
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Faulting Application Path:   C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMEWSVC.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
Application Name:   PWMEWSVC.EXE
Application Version:   1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp:   4e116c68
Fault Module Name:   StackHash_7b6a
Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:   00000000
Exception Code:   c0000005
Exception Offset:   00730065
OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID:   4108
Additional Information 1:   7b6a
Additional Information 2:   7b6a241cd5acb7cb19b55244a6b1c2be
Additional Information 3:   89fa
Additional Information 4:   89facf7baa71ae93e2d8f09d94febc53
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THINKVANTAGE POWER MANAGER 3.40 LANGUAGE

Hi,
I've just updated Power Manager from 3.1 to 3.40 version on my X200 type 7458-CTO and despite during installation I can choose language at the end the software it's only in englis, that's normal? thx

There's a discussion on this exact problem in the German forum. One member has posted that they contacted Lenovo and were informed the problem was known to them. I guess the next update will resolve it.
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ThinkVantage Power Manager, T61p, Vista

The link here http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-70601 states the update is for T61p Vista, when you download and install it says it is not for the system. Why is that =

Hello FiraX,
I also haven´t heard about this issue, yet.
May your software combination and google don´t work together?
I don´t use the updater and uninstall it, after every google installation.
If the battery sign disappears, sometimes it could help, to restart the system two or three times.
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Heatsink fan runs in Passive System Cooling policy (Thinkvantage Power Manager 3.62)

Hi all.
I have a T60 model 2008 thinkpad, and its running on Windows 7. All was going well. Two weeks ago, I noticed that it would get a little hotter than usual. As it had been a year since I opened it, I decided to service it. I used the manual and opened up the laptop, gently removed the heatsink, used compressed air to remove the dust and reinstalled it. I also put a pea drop of thermal paste on the CPU for good measure. Put it all back together and it is running significantly cooler.
I usually use my laptop in Maximum battery mode when unplugged, and for that I keep the system cooling policy to passive. My question is, should the fan be running in that mode? Because ever since I serviced it, my heat sink fan runs in passive mode as well, (never noticed it running before in passive mode) and I think it is making my battery run time decrease.
Any ideas on how to fix this or if this is normal will be appreciated. Have a good day all.
- Ibrahim.
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In passive mode the threshold temperature for when fan kicks in is increased, so fan would spin up to the max speed only when it reaches a higher temperature. But the fan will still kick in.
When you put back the heatsink, make sure the thermal paste is applied properly, not too much just enough to have a thin layer on the CPU.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/484577-thinkpad-t61-thermal-paste-guide.html
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Power Manager 4.42 Not Working T61p Vista 64-bit

ThinkVantage Power Manager is not working on my machine. I first noticed this after System Update added several new ThinkVantage programs, including PM version 4.41a several weeks ago, but I can't point with any certainty a specific cause or beginning to the problem.
PM now stops working every time during initial (power-on) machine boot-up showing message: "Power Manager Stopped Working". This seems to happen whenver it is installed by system update. When I have tried installing PM manually, it simply refuses to install, giving a short message saying it cannot run on my system. Earlier versions ran OK before. Microsoft Problem Reports and Solutions is of course clueless about this (and most other crashes).
I have tried uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling both PM and the latest PM driver in several different sequences, but nothing seems to work. I was hopeful that a recent upgrade to PM version 4.42 (via System Update) might solve the problem, but same thing happens and manually installation still doesn't work. I also uninstalling Access Connections (which has given me other problems), rebooted, and tried loading both PM and PM Driver, but with the same results. Something funny going on...
I have ThinkPad 61p (6459-CTO) with 4GB RAM, running Vista Ultimate 64-bit with NIS 2009. I have installed the most recent BIOS and have other up-to-date Lenovo software via System Update.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

I have tried several more things, including upgrading to Visual C++ 2008 in an attempt to get my system to install TV Power Manager 4.42 (or earlier versions). I still get the same message when I attempt to install manually: "cannot run on this system". Same thing happens when trying to load an older version 4.20a that I found through the forum.
I have been successful in loading the version that came pre-installed on my computer (found in SWTools folder), and that seems to work, though with very basic functionality. It appears to be Version 2.11.
I would really like to find a way to install a newer version (preferably 4.42), as it seems this is needed to run later versions of other TV software. I have T61p (6459-CTO) running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, and the BIOS and drivers are all up to date, as per Lenovo site.
Thanks for any advice.

T420 and windows 8(.1) power manager

As a two-year user of the T420 I am quite used to the power manager and its extended options. When I tried Windows 8 a couple of months ago I noticed that there were only the standard windows power management options available. Mind you, they worked fine, but they weren't near as good as the power manager of Lenovo.
My question is whether or not this functionality (power manager) is available for windows 8(.1) or will be available in the future?
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There is no ThinkVantage Power Manager for Windows 8.
Power Plans and idle timers are managed by the OS itself.
Lenovo-specific power options like Battery Stretch and 30-Day Standby can be configured in Lenovo Settings.
What specific feature of Power Manager do you think you're missing on Win8?

T440s Power Manager vs Windows 8 Power Manager

Hi guys,
I have a T440s,
Is there much of a difference between the Lenovo Power Manager vs the Windows Power Manager?
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Good day.
There is no Windows 8x version of ThinkVantage Power Manager.
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Power Manager for Windows 8.1

Where is Power Manager for Windows 8.1? (For ThinkPad Edge series laptops)
There is a "Lenovo Power Management Driver", but no application/software to go along with it.
Does anyone know?

Good day and welcome to the community.
Please see: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Windows-8-and-8-1/ThinkPad-software-for-Windows-8/td-p/899865
There is no official support for ThinkVantage Power Manager beyond Windows 7.
There are reports that some have installed it, but there are warnings that it may(?) clash with Windows 8/8.1 native power management functions and potentially cause system instability.
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Lenovo Power Manager Win 8.1 (T550) / Akkufragen

Liebe Community,
hab vor kurzem mein altes T400 gegen ein T550 getauscht und hab daher ein paar kleine Fragen bezüglich Akku / Power Management.
1) Power Manager
Früher gabs ja den ThinkVantage Power Manager, wo man recht nett einstellen konnte, ab welchem Ladestand der Akku laden soll, wie weit er laden soll und so weiter. Gibts das jetzt für Windows 8.1 nicht mehr?!?
2) Power Bridge Akku
Wie teilt das System die Leistung auf die zwei Akkus (interner und tauschbarer) auf? Werden die beide gleichmäßig beansprucht oder wird einer davon bevorzugt? Kann der interne Akku gegebenenfalls gewechselt werden (hält "nur" 1000 Zyklen).
3) Größe des 6-Zellen Akkus
Weiß zufällig wer, wie groß der 68+ 6-Zellen Akku für das T550 ist? Ist der einfach nur dicker oder steht er hinten noch raus?

Hello again. I found the solution!! Simplly clean installing Windows 7pro and getting rid of Windows 8 did the trick. the USB 3.0 hard drive stays connected as long as I like. The 3.0 speeds are great also. It's a shame I bought Windows 8 on a pre-installed system, but I'm never gonna use it. I like the fact that Lenovo provided the Windows 7 Drivers on the support website for my H535 which gave me the opportunity to install OEM and AMD drivers as opposed to microsoft generic drivers.
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Power Manager Brightness Control

i dont know whether this was intentional or not, but when the power gauge is not being displayed in the taskbar, the brightness settings defined in the power manager dont take effect on ac/battery switch events.
if this is a feature of the power manager, is there a way to make the brightness controls still work despite not having the gauge in the taskbar?

Hi,
can you pleas edescribe, what version of Power Manager and Os are you using?
I have tested the current build of ThinkVantage Power Manager and did not experienced the situation as you described.
However to be honest I can imagine this being real, if one of the following in missing, or not up to date:
- Power Management driver
- Hotkey driver
- System interface driver
Please check, whether you have all of these apps/drivers installer.
Rgrds

ThinkVantage Access Connections, Power Manager, and Toolbox all crash on startup

I have a SL 500 with factory Vista , updated to SP2 and the current versions of the thinkvantage components.
Access Connections has always been very buggy of this machine (I guess the battery monitor has been as well), When I attempted to update them this is where I ended up.
Also just installed new .net framework 4 as well.
thanks for any help
ian
Description:
  Stopped working
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
  Problem Signature 01: pcdrcui.exe
  Problem Signature 02: 6.0.5514.59
  Problem Signature 03: 4c0eb0cb
  Problem Signature 04: wpfview
  Problem Signature 05: 6.0.5514.59
  Problem Signature 06: 4c0eb0cb
  Problem Signature 07: f8
  Problem Signature 08: 9c
  Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
  OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
  Locale ID: 1033
Description:  Stopped working
Problem signature:  Problem Event Name: CLR20r3  Problem Signature 01: pcdrcui.exe  Problem Signature 02: 6.0.5514.59  Problem Signature 03: 4c0eb0cb  Problem Signature 04: wpfview  Problem Signature 05: 6.0.5514.59  Problem Signature 06: 4c0eb0cb  Problem Signature 07: f8  Problem Signature 08: 9c  Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException  OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6  Locale ID: 1033
Description:
  Stopped working
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
  Application Name: PWMUI.EXE
  Application Version: 1.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp: 4bea35c2
  Fault Module Name: KERNEL32.dll
  Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
  Fault Module Timestamp: 49e037dd
  Exception Code: e0434f4d
  Exception Offset: 0003fbae
  OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
  Locale ID: 1033
Description:
  Stopped working
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
  Application Name: Access Connections.exe
  Application Version: 5.3.0.0
  Application Timestamp: 4bcff8d0
  Fault Module Name: KERNEL32.dll
  Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
  Fault Module Timestamp: 49e037dd
  Exception Code: e0434f4d
  Exception Offset: 0003fbae
  OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
  Locale ID: 1033

Hi...
I too have got the same problem...
i dont know when it started as it was running fine....earlier..
In Access Connections the 'right click' menu on the taskbar runs just fine ..but the Access Connections program crashes on opening..
The wireless status also runs fine
Same is the case with Power Manager
Shows the right battery status and the right click menu runs fine..but the Power Manager application crashes
Like by the Lenovo toolbox too crashes
I am using Lenovo X100e with win 7 starter edition
i had .net framework 2 installed ...3.5 doesnt install and.net framework 4 installed after the problems started ...but still the problem hasnt stopped

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