| Metric | Without Lenovo ACPI driver | With Lenovo ACPI driver | |--------|----------------------------|--------------------------| | ACPI IRQ handling (µs) | 18.2 | 19.1 (+5%) | | Battery life (hours, light load) | 6.2 | 7.8 (+25%)* | | Fn key response latency | N/A (not working) | 12 ms | | DPC latency (max) | 245 µs | 263 µs |
pnputil /enum-drivers | findstr "acpivhd" pnputil /delete-driver oemXX.inf /uninstall # Then reinstall from Lenovo package Applies to: Early 2020 drivers on Windows 10 2004+.
Improptu D3cold transition on PCI root port. lenovo acpi driver for windows 10 -64-bit-
| Model Series | Hardware ID | Driver file | |--------------|-------------|--------------| | ThinkPad T490/X1C7 | ACPI\LEN0268 | acpivhd.sys | | Legion Y540 | ACPI\VPC2004 | acpilik.sys | | Yoga C940 | ACPI\LEN0271 | acpivpc.sys |
Update to driver version 10.1.2.94 or newer (released April 2021). 6.3 Missing “Battery Charge Threshold” after sleep Cause: EC reset on resume does not re-apply registry limit. | Metric | Without Lenovo ACPI driver |
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\PowerMgmt" -Name "ChargeStartControl" -Value 1 Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\PowerMgmt" -Name "ChargeStopControl" -Value 1 # Restart LenovoAcpi service Restart-Service LenovoAcpi -Force Benchmarks on Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9 (Windows 10 22H2 64-bit):
n1lagr03w.exe /extract C:\Drivers\ACPI Then install using pnputil : lenovo acpi driver for windows 10 -64-bit-
Get-WinEvent -LogName "System" | Where-Object $_.ProviderName -eq "LenovoAcpi" Critical events to watch: Event ID 5 (EC communication timeout), Event ID 12 (Battery method not found).