basically my question is if its safe to disable “Microsoft Composite Battery”
ok. a long time ago i solved my DPC latency issue thanks to this forum and the NI forum.
my laptop battery died a while ago, i didnt replace it for about a year.
with my old battery, i had 2/3 features listen under battery in device manager for it disabled.
i am running windows 7 64 bit
i KNOW that the one thing i had disabled was “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery”
and i thought the other thing i had disabled was “Microsoft AC Adapter”
after i got a new battery initially i just renabled both of them, so i could monitor the charging of my new battery (i like to fully charge drain batteries when i get them new)
at the time. i didnt think it was much of an issue and i thought my DPC spikes were mainly caused by my wireless card (disabled)
so now i noticed the spikes today and its not very nice.
so disabled “Microsoft AC Adapter” and “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery”
then i went to restart my computer. during shutdown it BSOD’d but then it start up fine
DPC latency spikes were not gone though.
NOW WHAT IM THINKING is that i actually had “Microsoft AC Adapter” enabled and the other thing i had disabled was “Microsoft Composite Battery”. i wanna disabled “Microsoft Composite Battery” but i really dont wanna break my computer
im assuming it should be safe but i can not find the answer on the internet thought it best to ask here
exactly. and “Microsoft Composite Battery” is a kernel level driver meaning if it could be essential to running the OS. though i doubt it im not ready to take the risk untill i am sure it is safe to disable it. i have not tried but i think removing the battery would do nothing to help this
im not worried about the battery, i could give 2 f*cks about it.
im worried that if i disable this it could “brick” my laptop in a way. im scared of that or having to completely reinstall OS
but just to clarify. the battery has already disappeared when i disable “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery”
could u yourself verify that you actually have “Microsoft Composite Battery” disabled and show a screenshot if possibly. i dunno why im paranoid cause the only thing i could find on it was someone saying it could mess with boot because it is a kernel level driver.
yah im talking about something else you dont have …
however i do think my laptop is fine. if i use DPC latency checker its fine but i was using latency mon and my "highest measured interrupt to process latency) was looking fairly high.
i think the only thing that really does need to be disabled though is the “microsoft acpi-compliant control method battery”