Monitor notebook power consumption on Windows 7 x64

Question

there is this nifty tool called NHC (Notebook Hardware Control) for 32 bit notebooks which also shows the current power consumption.

Now I have a 64 bit laptop where NHC doesn't work. Is there any way to see the current wattage without using a meter on the power adapter's plug?

Answer 1

http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/index.html

This seems to run on Win7 x64. I didn't find anything contrary to that. I have yet to test it though.

Answer 2

ThinkPads have this as standard.

You can give Notebook Battery Info a try.