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marq13

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Registered: 2024-10-10

Posts: 9

Performance & Battery configuration - Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6

Hi y'all.

On my Windows installation I had been using the Lenovo Vantage application for managing my performance & battery behaviour without problems.

However I am soon to be moving to the Arch distro and I am not entirely sure how to approach this situation.

I had read the wiki article specific for Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptops: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo … d_Gaming_3, however acpi calls are only tested on a couple of models, none of which is mine.

My configuration on Lenovo Vantage: (just an insight for you)
1. Performance: quiet mode (which I believe corresponds to "battery saving" in the wiki)
   - On wiki it says that I can just use Fn+Q for switching between performance modes, but the below table shows that it is not marked, which confuses me.
   - Additionally, I have the option: "Automatically switch to Performance mode when launching games and switch back after exiting the game." switched on. Even thought I will most definitely not be playing video games on my Arch installation, I will for sure do other highly intensive tasks. I saw that kernel automatically scales your CPU frequency, so is there anything more I should do?
2. Battery: conservation mode.

I believe one of the solutions would be to just try some acpi calls from the wiki on my fresh installation, and if something goes wrong - to just revert to the previous system snapshot. But I wouldn't do that just in case it can mess with my hardware in unexpected manner.

I am looking for any help, tips or insights. Maybe how would you approach this situation etc.

Thanks in advance to everybody reaching out, it is much appreciated!

P.S. - I am nowhere near to being an expert in Arch. I had been learning, researching and taking notes for over 3 weeks and this is one of the final pieces in the puzzle (or at least I hope so ). Please keep your answers beginner-friendly if you can.