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Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

pixeldude
Visitor

Power Management Question Need Help Thank you

Hi,
Noob here...
Which one of these settings will make my battery life longer from the power management settings?
1. Battery Life
2. Degrade

Thank you alot.

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pixeldude
Visitor

Do a test -- do tasts you want to do on battery and see which one works best for you.


Well this unfortuantely i will do..but please if u find out what it does DEGRATE ... let me know too..this made me verry curious..

Thank you alot.
All the verry best.
pixel

pixeldude
Visitor

sorry wanted to say *DEGRADE*

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jammold
Explorer

As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.

Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument

The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

pixeldude
Visitor

Thank you for the HDD tips...and for the links.

But anybody knows what the DEGRADE option from Power management does?

TygerTyger
Visitor

It's a very badly worded system IMHO. You can't properly tell what it does. By the way the IBM/Hitachi utility sounds cool, where's YOURS Tosh?

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jammold
Explorer

I haven't got a Toshiba Drive after all, Lavalys Everest told me I have an IBM/Hitachi TravelStar 80GN disk drive - and its right I have... The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) available in ISO CD format confirmed it...

You can get all these utils from the earlier link I posted - but they will only work with IBM/Hitachi Drives made by "Hitachi Global Storage Technologies" or Hitachi GST after 2003.

pixeldude
Visitor

I did some testing with degrade and battery life. The conclusion is that degrade makes the battery to live alot longer.
Hope this will help anybody who saw that option in power manger :grin:

Good Luck..

pixeldude
Visitor

As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.

Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument

The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm


How much it can be improved the life of battery with this ABLE app for Hitachi hdd?
Thank you