URGENT: Need older Power Manager Drivers.

HI,
I've recently been having problems with the Power Manager software.
I updated to 1.51, and liked the new graphical improvments.  But I started experiencing "hardware interrupts" CPU usage problems.
Now the problem is more apparent with v1.52.  Now, on top of the hardware interrupts issues, my brightness keeps changing (about every 5 seconds, it changes from full to low).
I don't know what is causing the issue, but running the laptop on battery doesn't seem very safe right now.
If someone could point me to older drivers that would be great.
Thanks

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