Hey Guys! I just got my new Thinkpad and i could need your advice, how to set up or calibrate the battery. Do you have any tip, which settings are the "best" for the battery. For example my smartphone has the option, that the max. capacity is 85% until it stops loading. Is their any similar option for thinkpad AMD G4?

Is there a way I can limit battery life to like 90%? I keep it plugged in when I'm using it (it would be better for the battery in the long run if it wasn't always maxxed)

How to extend battery life?

My legion 5 has i5 11400 CPU, RTX 3060 GPU and 60 WH battery.

I am not satisfied with battery life at all. Right now, I have battery saver on, the brightness is like 50%, hybrid mode on, thermal mode on quiet, I'm not running anything with the laptop, and at 40% battery, it says I have 50 mins remaining.

Using Lenovo vantage, I noticed my CPU frequency is usually between 2 to 3 GHz even though less than 10% of it is being used.

Is this totally normal? Do you think it might be the CPU frequency that is eating up the battery? How can I limit it to a low number?

Hii guys already sorry for a longer and probably bit messy post buuut I'm very new to gaming laptops (bought my first one just a little over a month ago) and since it's not a very cheap purchase and I'm not the person to upgrade my stuff every 1-2 years, I'd love hearing everyone's suggestions on making sure that this laptop survives for as long as possible in its best state. I don't usually play very demanding games for long periods of time so doing something more extreme (like the overclocking/undervolting/BIOS related stuff, it makes me scared and since I'm not too familiar with all this stuff I'd rather avoid it unless necessary) for the additional 5 or so FPS doesn't really matter to me, as long as the laptop performs well generally. I'm also probably overly paranoid about the overheating because ever since I downloaded the HWiNFO64 like 1-2 weeks ago, I noticed some possible problems/glitch? This one specific time it said that my Core Max temp had increased to 82C and the Core VIDs max was 1.433 V (and I heard that once it's at like 1.500 V then you're risking frying your CPU but don't quote me on that) and also it said Yes next to the Core Thermal Throttling and Package/Ring Thermal Throttling (both were at 0% though, but I had seen the percentages go up different times). This got me scared I started even considering ramping the fans up using Lenovo Vantage's Custom Mode or something so that I could prevent overheating as much as possible lmao (the temps kept randomly spiking up to like 82C while gaming according to HWiNFO64 but never actually continuously stayed this high) and I also set up a Custom Mode on Lenovo Vantage following this guide (https://www.reddit.com/r/LenovoLegion/comments/1h2jr7f/custom\_mode\_settings\_fix\_cpu\_spikes\_lenovo/) but reduced a few things but maybe there's something I could do specifically for my own laptop model (Lenovo Legion 5 16IRX9 | i7-14650HX | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | RTX 4070)? However, I did a laptop restart few days later (only so that it would actually restart everything because in Task Manager it said that my laptop had been running for over 4 days despite me shutting it down every time I don't use it (due to Fast Startup feature I assume)) and that seemed to help in this situation so idk it might've been a glitch or something but either way it still got me scared.

But either way I'd mostly want help with setting up Custom Mode in Lenovo Vantage and/or Creating a Power Plan which would be the best for my laptop and its longevity. How I imagine it, I'd want to set up 2 different modes or whatnot. One of which I could use most of the time while I'm just using my laptop plugged in/for gaming (so optimized performance but preventing overheating and overstraining laptop's components as much as possible) and then another mode for maximized battery saving when I'm using the laptop unplugged. I'm very well aware that it's probably funny to want to have a great battery life on a gaming laptop but I read through this other reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/comments/wkeoh3/guide\_to\_getting\_insane\_battery\_life\_out\_of\_your/) and seems like others can make it happen (their discharge rate can be as low as (-4500 mW - -10000 mW) or at least improve it. However, as for me, that guide even increased power discharge rate because before following the guide it was around -28156 mW (which is already kinda crazy) and after following the guide it went up to -41212 mW. Already mentioned before, but my laptop is only a month old and I've been using the Conservation Mode, so my Charging Cycle Count is only at 5 and the battery is at its original designed capacity which is 80 Wh.

TLDR: I need help on setting up Lenovo Vantage's Custom Mode and/or Power Plan so that I could have optimized performance (avoiding overheating and wear as much as possible) when the laptop is plugged in/for gaming and maximized power saving when using laptop on battery/for basic tasks for extended period of time

Thank you to everyone in advance<3

Hey everyone,

I recently picked up a Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 10 with the Core Ultra 7 255HX + RTX 5070 combo. Absolutely loving the performance when plugged in, but my main concern is battery life on the go.

I only care about peak performance while plugged in. When I’m on battery, I’d rather sacrifice performance for endurance. Right now, with light usage (web browsing, note-taking, maybe a bit of YouTube), I’m seeing about 13-20% battery drain per hour, which works out to ~5-6 hours max. My goal is to cross the 10-hour mark for productivity usage.

So far, I’ve tried: • Disabling dGPU (only running iGPU when unplugged) • Lowering brightness • Enabling battery saver mode • Running in “Quiet” mode • Dropping refresh rate to 60Hz

Still, the battery life isn’t where I’d like it to be.

Anyone here with the same model (or similar Legion laptops) who managed to squeeze out more endurance? Any hidden BIOS tweaks, Lenovo Vantage settings, undervolting/underc locking tips, Windows power plan tricks, or software utilities that helped you hit better battery life?

Would love to hear what worked for you!

Yes yes I got an OLED T14 Gen 5 (brand new).
I wanted it as this would be my first ever all-rounder at home laptop for general use (browsing, entertainment, and whatever else that can help with self-learning IT as a new career).

I've installed a new W11 OS (local account), but havent changed tooo many settings (yet).
Done the latest W11 updates, as well as those via the 'Lenovo Vantage' app.
I definitely sense/feel the battery doesnt last super long in the few days I've been using it.

What are some settings I should change/edit to extend it?
I cant find much info online to help with this.

I have Dark mode on so far...

Ty!

I recently bought a Lenovo Legion 5 laptop with a Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics and 16gb RAM. I noticed that the battery life is not what I expected, I only get an hour and a half to two hours of juice. I use this computer for school and it is really annoying having to lug around the big bulky charger and franticly searching for an outlet just to get through the day. I tried changing my refresh rate from 165Hz to 60Hz and it added about a half an hour onto the battery life, even when the brightness is pretty low and its running on "quiet mode". Could it possibly be that my default GPU is my NVIDA GeForce RTX instead of the AMD Radeon? If so, how would I be able to change that? I do not need to be running the GeForce all the time, only when I game at home where it is plugged in anyway. if there is anything else possible to improve battery life as well, it would be greatly appreciated.

The battery life is not very good, and I was wondering if there were any ways to increase the battery life.