Battery Power Causes Laptop's Performance to Decline

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:12:22 -0600, RnR <> wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:24:09 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
><> wrote:
>
>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:07:19 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>>>news: m...
>>>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:17:22 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:y2Fnj.53257$ h.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:6B8FA6C7217C467EB6287322335E2DA6@M2010...
>>>>>>>> How much memory?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, this is actually normal. It is done to preserve battery
>>>>>>>> life.
>>>>>>>> Turn off Speedstep in the BIOS and adjust your power settings to
>>>>>>>> Full,
>>>>>>>> or something like it, when on battery and the problem will go away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And you'll get about 1/2 the battery life.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This question is eerily similar to the poster below who had added a
>>>>>>> 2gb
>>>>>>> SODIMM to a V1000 (when specs only allow for 1gb/2gb max capacity).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It just appears the poster has had a name change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>right. and he/she dismissed my previous suggestion. but let him/her
>>>>>>waste
>>>>>>time with all the other suggestions. speedstep or any other power
>>>>>>saving
>>>>>>measure should not result in a delay of a typed letter from appearing on
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>screen. the cause of this behavior is because of what i previously
>>>>>>mentioned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What makes you so sure that other suggestions are wasteful and yours
>>>>> is the only one right?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not so sure your suggestion is correct but I don't like Nortons
>>>>> either due to its quirks so I can't say you're wrong either. I still
>>>>> favor the lack of ram or checking processes first.
>>>>>
>>>>> The OP should weed thru each suggestion and hopefully one of them will
>>>>> work or solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>>nobody knows for sure, but when someone asks a question and is given only
>>>>one solution that actually is know (albeit not well know) to be the
>>>>culprit
>>>>to produce the exact symptom they describe and they ignore it then it
>>>>seems
>>>>pretty clear that the problem goes beyond the computer itself. none of
>>>>the
>>>>suggestions other than using more ram than the system is specified as to
>>>>work with (presumably that windows is capable of working with as dell does
>>>>not sell this machine with any other os - so using unix is no test as to
>>>>how
>>>>windows will behave), or my suggestion has a shot at solving this. the op
>>>>dismissed both. other suggestions such as speedstep are logical, but even
>>>>a
>>>>pentium ii laptop running xp with just 256mb ram does not have the symptom
>>>>of a delay in characters appearing after being typed. you know windows,
>>>>you
>>>>can waste the rest of your life trying 'things' and get nowhere, so if
>>>>someone actually wants to solve a problem the thing to do is start with
>>>>the
>>>>obvious... such as not installing more memory than it is know to work with
>>>>and look into restricted zones list, each of which are pretty simple
>>>>things
>>>>to check, and the zones list as being a known (albeit not well know)
>>>>source
>>>>of the precise things to try before grasping at straws for an fixes. but
>>>>what do i care if this person wants to waste their time and yours... if
>>>>they
>>>>want to be illogical then nobody can help them and they can't help
>>>>themselves.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well maybe we differ on the approach or solution but since I didn't
>>> follow the last similar post/thread that Stew referred to, I will have
>>> to take your word for it and agree that if a person wants to act like
>>> an idiot, then no one can help him/her. And speaking for myself and
>>> likely others, I'm not here to show how much or little I know nor to
>>> waste my time with trolls but rather to try to help (if I think I can)
>>> those that actually want to be helped. Of course I can be wrong and
>>> I too can learn from others.
>>>
>>> Not to argue with you or Stew but let's hope this poster is not a
>>> troll but just not articulate with his/her problems. I guess I'd like
>>> to think positive in this newsgroup .
>>
>>i am just here to have my suggestions ignored. seems to be working.
>>
>
>
>Chris don't be so hard on yourself. I know you are pretty good at
>solving a lot of problems here and a frequent contributor. Frankly
>sometimes I feel like you where I feel ignored especially after either
>giving a post a lot of thought or just writing a long post in reply to
>someone's problem and it gets no reply or ignored.
>
>Remember this is the internet so you can't take anything personal even
>if directed at you ( I too have to take this advice ) !! Yeah I know
>at times it's tough advice to swallow.

Hey RnR -- you're right about not taking it personal. I like the
acronym QTIP -- "Quit Taking it Personally".

Still, there are many people who post asking for support, receive
support, and never even follow up with a single post acknowledging the
support or posting the resolution.

I think posting a resolution is important because that's how people
learn and because the resolution would show up in search engines.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:15:26 -0600, RnR <> wrote:

>>It was kind of scary that after I installed Dragon Naturally Speaking
>>the computer seemed to gain the ability to talk back and since then we
>>have resolved most of our differences. I am just afraid that if I
>>lose power I'll have to start all over again or that it might have
>>some kind of evil personality that brainwashes me to do terrible
>>things -- like vote Republican <shudder>
>
>
>The computer actually talks back ? I'm sorta use to that as my
>daughters used to do a lot of that to me <g>.

Well it only seems to talk back when I forget to take my medicine. I
have introduced my computer to the men in white who are very polite to
the computer and all the other talking inanimate objects in my
apartment. The men in white are nicer than the purple people who
sometimes appear.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:18:37 -0600, Journey <> wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:12:22 -0600, RnR <> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:24:09 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>><> wrote:
>>
>>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>>news: ...
>>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:07:19 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>>>>news: om...
>>>>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:17:22 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:y2Fnj.53257$ th.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:6B8FA6C7217C467EB6287322335E2DA6@M2010...
>>>>>>>>> How much memory?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, this is actually normal. It is done to preserve battery
>>>>>>>>> life.
>>>>>>>>> Turn off Speedstep in the BIOS and adjust your power settings to
>>>>>>>>> Full,
>>>>>>>>> or something like it, when on battery and the problem will go away.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And you'll get about 1/2 the battery life.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This question is eerily similar to the poster below who had added a
>>>>>>>> 2gb
>>>>>>>> SODIMM to a V1000 (when specs only allow for 1gb/2gb max capacity).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It just appears the poster has had a name change.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>right. and he/she dismissed my previous suggestion. but let him/her
>>>>>>>waste
>>>>>>>time with all the other suggestions. speedstep or any other power
>>>>>>>saving
>>>>>>>measure should not result in a delay of a typed letter from appearing on
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>screen. the cause of this behavior is because of what i previously
>>>>>>>mentioned.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What makes you so sure that other suggestions are wasteful and yours
>>>>>> is the only one right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not so sure your suggestion is correct but I don't like Nortons
>>>>>> either due to its quirks so I can't say you're wrong either. I still
>>>>>> favor the lack of ram or checking processes first.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The OP should weed thru each suggestion and hopefully one of them will
>>>>>> work or solve the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>nobody knows for sure, but when someone asks a question and is given only
>>>>>one solution that actually is know (albeit not well know) to be the
>>>>>culprit
>>>>>to produce the exact symptom they describe and they ignore it then it
>>>>>seems
>>>>>pretty clear that the problem goes beyond the computer itself. none of
>>>>>the
>>>>>suggestions other than using more ram than the system is specified as to
>>>>>work with (presumably that windows is capable of working with as dell does
>>>>>not sell this machine with any other os - so using unix is no test as to
>>>>>how
>>>>>windows will behave), or my suggestion has a shot at solving this. the op
>>>>>dismissed both. other suggestions such as speedstep are logical, but even
>>>>>a
>>>>>pentium ii laptop running xp with just 256mb ram does not have the symptom
>>>>>of a delay in characters appearing after being typed. you know windows,
>>>>>you
>>>>>can waste the rest of your life trying 'things' and get nowhere, so if
>>>>>someone actually wants to solve a problem the thing to do is start with
>>>>>the
>>>>>obvious... such as not installing more memory than it is know to work with
>>>>>and look into restricted zones list, each of which are pretty simple
>>>>>things
>>>>>to check, and the zones list as being a known (albeit not well know)
>>>>>source
>>>>>of the precise things to try before grasping at straws for an fixes. but
>>>>>what do i care if this person wants to waste their time and yours... if
>>>>>they
>>>>>want to be illogical then nobody can help them and they can't help
>>>>>themselves.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well maybe we differ on the approach or solution but since I didn't
>>>> follow the last similar post/thread that Stew referred to, I will have
>>>> to take your word for it and agree that if a person wants to act like
>>>> an idiot, then no one can help him/her. And speaking for myself and
>>>> likely others, I'm not here to show how much or little I know nor to
>>>> waste my time with trolls but rather to try to help (if I think I can)
>>>> those that actually want to be helped. Of course I can be wrong and
>>>> I too can learn from others.
>>>>
>>>> Not to argue with you or Stew but let's hope this poster is not a
>>>> troll but just not articulate with his/her problems. I guess I'd like
>>>> to think positive in this newsgroup .
>>>
>>>i am just here to have my suggestions ignored. seems to be working.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Chris don't be so hard on yourself. I know you are pretty good at
>>solving a lot of problems here and a frequent contributor. Frankly
>>sometimes I feel like you where I feel ignored especially after either
>>giving a post a lot of thought or just writing a long post in reply to
>>someone's problem and it gets no reply or ignored.
>>
>>Remember this is the internet so you can't take anything personal even
>>if directed at you ( I too have to take this advice ) !! Yeah I know
>>at times it's tough advice to swallow.
>
>Hey RnR -- you're right about not taking it personal. I like the
>acronym QTIP -- "Quit Taking it Personally".
>
>Still, there are many people who post asking for support, receive
>support, and never even follow up with a single post acknowledging the
>support or posting the resolution.
>
>I think posting a resolution is important because that's how people
>learn and because the resolution would show up in search engines.


I couldn't agree more with you on that. I've even asked people to do
this but I think few listen in those cases.

Excellent point Journey !!

"RnR" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:24:09 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
> <> wrote:
>
>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:07:19 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"RnR" <> wrote in message
>>>>news: m...
>>>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:17:22 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
>>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"S.Lewis" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:y2Fnj.53257$ h.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Tom Scales" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:6B8FA6C7217C467EB6287322335E2DA6@M2010...
>>>>>>>> How much memory?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, this is actually normal. It is done to preserve battery
>>>>>>>> life.
>>>>>>>> Turn off Speedstep in the BIOS and adjust your power settings to
>>>>>>>> Full,
>>>>>>>> or something like it, when on battery and the problem will go away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And you'll get about 1/2 the battery life.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This question is eerily similar to the poster below who had added a
>>>>>>> 2gb
>>>>>>> SODIMM to a V1000 (when specs only allow for 1gb/2gb max capacity).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It just appears the poster has had a name change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>right. and he/she dismissed my previous suggestion. but let him/her
>>>>>>waste
>>>>>>time with all the other suggestions. speedstep or any other power
>>>>>>saving
>>>>>>measure should not result in a delay of a typed letter from appearing
>>>>>>on
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>screen. the cause of this behavior is because of what i previously
>>>>>>mentioned.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What makes you so sure that other suggestions are wasteful and yours
>>>>> is the only one right?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not so sure your suggestion is correct but I don't like Nortons
>>>>> either due to its quirks so I can't say you're wrong either. I still
>>>>> favor the lack of ram or checking processes first.
>>>>>
>>>>> The OP should weed thru each suggestion and hopefully one of them will
>>>>> work or solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>>nobody knows for sure, but when someone asks a question and is given
>>>>only
>>>>one solution that actually is know (albeit not well know) to be the
>>>>culprit
>>>>to produce the exact symptom they describe and they ignore it then it
>>>>seems
>>>>pretty clear that the problem goes beyond the computer itself. none of
>>>>the
>>>>suggestions other than using more ram than the system is specified as to
>>>>work with (presumably that windows is capable of working with as dell
>>>>does
>>>>not sell this machine with any other os - so using unix is no test as to
>>>>how
>>>>windows will behave), or my suggestion has a shot at solving this. the
>>>>op
>>>>dismissed both. other suggestions such as speedstep are logical, but
>>>>even
>>>>a
>>>>pentium ii laptop running xp with just 256mb ram does not have the
>>>>symptom
>>>>of a delay in characters appearing after being typed. you know windows,
>>>>you
>>>>can waste the rest of your life trying 'things' and get nowhere, so if
>>>>someone actually wants to solve a problem the thing to do is start with
>>>>the
>>>>obvious... such as not installing more memory than it is know to work
>>>>with
>>>>and look into restricted zones list, each of which are pretty simple
>>>>things
>>>>to check, and the zones list as being a known (albeit not well know)
>>>>source
>>>>of the precise things to try before grasping at straws for an fixes.
>>>>but
>>>>what do i care if this person wants to waste their time and yours... if
>>>>they
>>>>want to be illogical then nobody can help them and they can't help
>>>>themselves.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well maybe we differ on the approach or solution but since I didn't
>>> follow the last similar post/thread that Stew referred to, I will have
>>> to take your word for it and agree that if a person wants to act like
>>> an idiot, then no one can help him/her. And speaking for myself and
>>> likely others, I'm not here to show how much or little I know nor to
>>> waste my time with trolls but rather to try to help (if I think I can)
>>> those that actually want to be helped. Of course I can be wrong and
>>> I too can learn from others.
>>>
>>> Not to argue with you or Stew but let's hope this poster is not a
>>> troll but just not articulate with his/her problems. I guess I'd like
>>> to think positive in this newsgroup .
>>
>>i am just here to have my suggestions ignored. seems to be working.
>>
>
>
> Chris don't be so hard on yourself. I know you are pretty good at
> solving a lot of problems here and a frequent contributor. Frankly
> sometimes I feel like you where I feel ignored especially after either
> giving a post a lot of thought or just writing a long post in reply to
> someone's problem and it gets no reply or ignored.
>
> Remember this is the internet so you can't take anything personal even
> if directed at you ( I too have to take this advice ) !! Yeah I know
> at times it's tough advice to swallow.

thanks. but not taking it personallly. that was my attempt at humor.