S10e 30% battery performance increase

[wfuchs]

Hey guys,
like to increase your battery life under Windows XP up to 30%?
Look what I have found

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/lenov ... etbook-873
Quote: "Battery life is said to be up to 6 hours, with "battery-saving software" helping the S10-2 achieve a 30 percent longer battery life than its predecessor."

And now do the following.
Download and install the following packages:
- Intel Onboard Graphics Driver
- Intel Chipset driver
- Lenovo Energy Management Driver

from the S10-2 driver website:
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/Dr ... ryID=35057

I installed all 3 packages, just to make sure that the most important drivers are up to date!

[SilverZero]

Can you report on your actual experience after installing the newest versions? And, ideally, before installing, so the results can be compared.

Whatever happened to the scientific method?

[wfuchs]

Well..., before the installation I had up to 5 hours of battery life.
NOW I have between 6,5 and 7 hours when the battery is fully charged
The drivers are easy to install and at some stages you have to reboot your system.

And with notebook batteryinfo it is easy to compare the outcome:
http://www.batteryinfo.de.vu/

[SilverZero]

Interesting, I'll have to test to see if it works for my S10.

[belafonte]

humm.. haven't seen an improvement on my batterybar pro yet.

*should this be moved to the drivers and download thread too?

[wfuchs]

When "SilverZero" thinks we should post this thread also in the download section we can do so

[SilverZero]

Copied.

But it will be up to MCA to decide if it stays there.

[wfuchs]

Thanks

I just noticed when you to the updates, this issue is also solved:
http://s10lenovo.com/wiki/index.php/How ... deo_memory.