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How to activate battery conservation mode, Linux Mint 20.1, Lenovo Legion7i

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I've found a number of posts across forums and on archwiki that reference the following solution for this laptop model echo 1 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/ideapad_acpi/VPC2004\:00/conservation_mode This should essentially activate conservation mode for the machine (note: From what I can find the Legion7i classes itself as an ideapad, rather than a thinkpad) **My issue:** I can not get the file to shift from 0 to 1. **Tried:** The above command as su in terminal AND changing permissions to ensure rw access, and editing via text editor. In every instance when I check the output from the file, its 0. **Note:** I dual boot win10. For a time, when setting battery conservation mode on in win10, it would hold for when I booted in to linux. Now, regardless of what OS I boot into, the system seems to revert back to conservation mode off every time. Ive found no relevant settings to battery power/management in the BIOS (ver 4.05). Im no advanced user, so any info would be great. even if the answer is "cant be done, your machine wont allow it", thanks!
Asked by Paul N (41 rep)
Jan 16, 2021, 10:17 AM
Last activity: Jul 23, 2025, 02:01 PM