For use only with Travelstar disk drives (VAIO PCG-GRT815M model is shipped originally with a Hitachi Travelstar 80GB hard disk drive). Use Power Booster to directly control advanced battery life extender power settings.
I have used it only to confirm that I am running on highest performance profile (Power save: OFF) - wont help you much to extend the time running on battery... You will still have at least one fan that will continue to run constantly.
It could be useful if you use your computer as mobile to protect the hard disk by "parking" the heads when there is no I/O activity. The default performance profile (if you didn't change anything on the hard disk configuration) parks the heads after about 5s without I/O activity. This tool might actually help you to easily avoid the annoying clicking sound from the hard disk that is produced during the parking process of the heads - just slide toward performance to increase the time before the heads are parked. The full performance profile will never park the heads.
I have used it only to confirm that I am running on highest performance profile (Power save: OFF) - wont help you much to extend the time running on battery... You will still have at least one fan that will continue to run constantly.It could be useful if you use your computer as mobile to protect the hard disk by "parking" the heads when there is no I/O activity. The default performance profile (if you didn't change anything on the hard disk configuration) parks the heads after about 5s without I/O activity. This tool might actually help you to easily avoid the annoying clicking sound from the hard disk that is produced during the parking process of the heads - just slide toward performance to increase the time before the heads are parked. The full performance profile will never park the heads.
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