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🔋Framework Hub Devlog - January 13, 2025 🔧
🕑 Added 2025-01-13 16:24:43 +0000 UTC=====================================
Today’s main focus has been on enhancing power plan management and adding user customization options for PowerCFG in the Framework Control Center. Below is a summary of the latest developments:
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✨ New Features
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• Created a dedicated “PowerCFG Settings” tab in the application’s settings, look at the images attached (based on the community vote on Discord 👍 ) .
• Introduced three custom power plans (while preserving the default Windows “Balanced” plan)(Power plans can be fully customized for usage while plugged or on battery, for you FelyBriyl 🙂):
1. Framework-Eco: Power-saving oriented, with specific AC/DC customizations.
2. Framework-Balanced: Balanced performance and efficiency, with AC/DC customizations.
3. Framework-Boost: Maximum performance mode, with AC/DC customizations.
Note: Be cautious with the Maximum Performance State—setting it under 40-50% can seriously degrade performance.
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🪛 Optimizations & User Experience
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1. AMD Dynamic Graphics Mode Implementation:
• Added proper value mapping for AMD Dynamic Graphics settings (for AMD users).
• Included validation to ensure values remain within acceptable ranges.
• Applied these settings for both AC and DC power states.
2. Power Plan Settings Fixes:
• Corrected the processor boost time window parameter:
– Applied the fix for both AC and DC power states.
– Eliminated settings causing errors in powercfg.
– Cleaned up related code for improved stability.
3. Error Handling & Logging:
• Implemented detailed error logging for powercfg operations.
• Enhanced error messages for unsupported settings.
• Added validation checks before applying power settings.
• Improved logging for power plan creation and modification.
4. Code Structure Improvements:
• Reorganized how power plan settings are applied.
• Defined constants for specific power setting values.
• Enhanced code readability and maintainability.
• Added comments for clearer documentation.
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📝 Notes
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• All changes have been tested on an AMD Ryzen 7840HS laptop with dGPU
( Not on Intel yet ).
• Settings are properly preserved across system reboots on the "Framework-X" power plans
• Users can fully remove the custom power plans via:
`Powercfg /restoredefaultschemes` (in an elevated command prompt).
• If the custom power plans are deleted by mistake, they will be automatically recreated at the next application launch.
• I'll add more customization options later when I have times
• I'll add a customizable switch to set what profile you want to be applied when on Battery/Plugged
• I'll do a other poll on Discord for more options later
Thanks to everyone for your support ❤️
Comments
FelyBriyl
Wow, I'm really amazed by the quick work you've done right after the feedback! Thanks for the note on Powercfg /restoredefaultschemes by the way, I was actually trying to see if there's a way to reset it as it was overwritten by CC v1.0 Nice work on retaining the default windows 'Balanced' profile, while still allowing the CC customization! - I think this is a great decision (:
