Windows 7 MacBook Pro power management horrible

Anyone have any insight on why Windows 7 64bit will not for the life of itself do the following:
- Sleep when you unplug the power cord with the lid closed
- Sleep based on inactivity
I've tried disabling the trackpad allowing to wake the compter with no luck.

Alright I figured it out. Guess I answered my own question again. Even though we didn't use Boot Camp to install Windows this is the only way to install the drivers.
Go to Boot Camp Assistant > Continue > Select ONLY the "Download Latest Windows Support..." option > Select either burn to CD/DVD or copy to external drive > if using external drive, find it in the save-prompt
I used the external drive option because I didn't know if the dvd drive was working or not. It will say make sure the volume is formatted but it doesn't matter, it will do it automatically after you continue.
Once it finishes either burning or formatting eject the flash drive or cd and restart into Windows. Open the "WindowsSupport" folder on whatever you copied it to and double click "setup"
BAM done.
For me this enabled: two finger scrolling with the trackpad, bluetooth, screen brightness adjustment, sound, wireless card driver, ethernet driver, iSight driver, and light sensor.
It did not enable some things I was hoping for like: tap-to-click, Lion's "natural" scroll direction, and for whatever reason my audio in/out port (MBP 13") has that red light coming out of it which is because the port can be used as an optical audio port with the correct apple adapter. Must be a driver issue, I haven't tested headphones with it.
Best of luck
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The computer. If two different batteries behave the same way it gives credence to possible issues with the power manager. You can try resetting it with:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
And verifying the firmware is up to date:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303880
And running the hardware test:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
If nothing seems to help, call AppleCare again, and tell them the battery replacement did not solve the problem and that you tried the above and tell them the results you got.

MacBook Pro Power Management Issues and "Broken" Bootcamp

This is not a question but rather a solution I have discovered to a problem I have experienced many times now.
My Core 2 Duo 15" MacBook Pro (non-LED version) has exhibited several issues with the systems power management hardware.
Firstly: Occasionally the system will refuse to turn on. This has happened to me twice, it usually happens when I am running on just batteries. The very first time it happened I was in a meeting and had important data I had to get from the laptop, I was silently panicking. After swearing at my new 2.5 grand pride and joy, I happened to read an old support article relating to older PowerBooks which exhibited the same problems. Apple recommended taking the battery out and then holding the power button for several seconds and then reinserting the battery. This apparently resets the power management hardware feature -- and it worked, and has worked three times since.
Secondly: I have had a persistent problem when running Bootcamp. Sometimes the machine doesn’t go to sleep properly and although it everything looks right it continues to run (and perhaps, like me, you’ve backed it away in your bag and hence didnt notice it burning up. What has happened to me several times is that it literally "breaks" Windows XP. When you wake the computer or turn it back on (if the battery drained) then youll find Windows running PAINFULLY slow. If you press CTRL-ALT-DELETE (to bring up the task manager) I would see that the CPU is working very hard (at nearly full utilization) and it is so occupied that it won’t respond to anything I do at all. No matter what I did (I attempted a system restore, which was a two hour task with the computer running in its "broken" state) nothing would bring windows back to life. The first two times this occurred I was devastated because the only thing left for me to try was to remove the windows partition and install it fresh (thus losing all my files and settings -- although for the record you can still access the windows partitions files through Mac OS X). This ruined a near full day for me each time the computer did this (having a lot of settings and tweaks and installed programs to reapply). The third time this happened I did the "trick" listed above and reset the MacBook Pro's power management hardware. this has solved the problem ever since (two additional times now). I post this in case someone experiencing the same issue searches the forum.
I dont know the technical explanation but obviously there is an issue within this series of MacBook Pro's power management. Perhaps it relates to the "artificial" BIOS the system presents to windows through Apple's EFI system (Windows requires legacy BIOS to operate and all Intel Macs alternatively use EFI, so an extra "trick" had to be added by Apple for Windows to be compatible).

The computer. If two different batteries behave the same way it gives credence to possible issues with the power manager. You can try resetting it with:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
And verifying the firmware is up to date:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303880
And running the hardware test:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
If nothing seems to help, call AppleCare again, and tell them the battery replacement did not solve the problem and that you tried the above and tell them the results you got.

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Is it safe to use a Macbook Pro power adapter in a Macbook and vice versa?
I have just noticed that the MBP's adapter is 85 watts and the MB's is 60 watts. I hadn't realised they were different.
My wife and I share each others adapters all the time (she has a Macbook). Will this be damaging either of the laptops?

Shouldn't cause any problems. The main issue will be that the 60w adapter won't provide enough juice to both charge the MBP battery and run it if there is much of a load so I'd avoid using the 60w on the MBP for anything other than charging the battery whilst not using the machine - sudden power shortage could be painful for the machine.
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You'll certainly need a new logic board.
If I were you, I would take the machine into your local Apple Store or an AASP and have them evaluate the problems and give you an estimate for repair. If you're out of warranty, be prepared to pay a very high price to get your computer repaired.
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does the macbook pro power supply draw power if the computer isn't plugged in?

Same thng for your entire house: called "vampire loads" ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power

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Hey Apple people. I noticed something disconcerting with the power supply on my MacBook Pro 13" (non-retina)
I have a stainless steel metal table in my kitchen. It is the same type of stainless steel table you find in restaurants.
I have my 13" MacBook Pro in a Speck See-thru case.
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I am wearing a short sleeve shirt.
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Hello.
There is avaliable new "System update 4.0" for Windows 7 but it has no support for N500, although "List of Windows 7 upgrade capable systems" has it.
Will there be avaliable Windows 7 drivers, especially power manager, because sleep/hibernate function is the only ones that doesn't behave normally.
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Hi,
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Install the "Intel Chipset Driver for Windows Vista and XP" from the Lenovo Website. It is meant for XP (32 Bit) and Vista (32 Bit and 64 Bit) and runs flawlessly under Win 7 64 Bit. This resulted in a large temperature decrease of the overall components (CPU, HD, graphics) and is definitely HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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THIRD:
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My macbook pro power adaptor getting heated

Hi
My macbook pro power adaptor getting heated & ultimately melting the coil which leads to power off.
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我刚刚尝试了一下，我的电源适配器也好热！但是不至于融化的温度，可以尝试换一个吧。
I just have a try, I find my power adapter is very hot! But it is not the melting temperature.U can try to change another.

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