Help with Vista ultimate on a laptop

[Spike]

I aplolgize if this has all-ready been asked, I did a few searches and came up with nothing.

I recently bought an X60s for my wife. Specs are core duo LV 1.66, 1GB, 100GB, ultrabase w/ DVD RW, etc... and decided to upgrade it to vista using the keys we got from the "new day" launch event.

Her laptop is up and running vista beautifully now (I added another gb of ram) but there are a few issues. I installed the IBM/Lenovo software for mobile applications and power optimization but for some reason when running on battery the processor will not scale. I checked the speed for the 2 days it was running XP and when on battery the cpu would drop to 866mhz or something like that. Now it stays at 1.66 no matter what. This means the battery lasts 5+ hours instead of the 8+ it is supposed to (8 cell).

Any ideas how to change this? I set the performance to "power source optimized" which as performance at the lowest when using the battery.

I am also running into a few other minor issues but unless someone here is a IBM/Lenovo guru then I'll probaby look for a IBM/Lenovo specific forum to ask those. Thanks!

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

did you install Vista drivers or just the XP ones?

 

[aka1nas]

Have you tried any other software like CPU-Z to verify that the cpu speed is not scaling? Your lenovo app might not be vista-compatable.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
did you install Vista drivers or just the XP ones?

The drivers installed where from the lenovo site and where for vista, I installed no XP drivers

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Have you tried any other software like CPU-Z to verify that the cpu speed is not scaling? Your lenovo app might not be vista-compatable.

This I have not done. The speed reading I get is through vista using the system information menu. I will try CPU-Z tonight and see what it reads.

 

[Spike]

So I tried CPU-Z and saw some strange results. When the laptop was plugged in the CPU speed read as 997ish, basically 6x167. When I opened a new program or did something the speed jumped up to 1667, or 10x167. I unplugged the laptop and it did the exact same thing on battery.

So if CPU-z is reading it correctly then the processor is scaling but not the way it is supposed to. I have created profiles that set the CPU speed as max when plugged in and lowest when on bat but it is being adaptive no matter what. this may seem good but when on battery you want the most life which means never going to a higher CPU speed. As it is I can only get 5ish hours on what is supposed to be a 8+ hour laptop.

Any other ideas?