[ltp] Re: Power drain with ACPI

Volker Braun linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:39:22 -0500


Joel,

Can you please tell us which Thinkpad you have?

Also, did you install any non-IBM drivers (in Windows)? Specifically, did
you install ATI's graphics driver over the IBM-supplied one?

For me (T41 2379-DJU), the power drain occurs with all bios revisions so
far.

Best,
Volker

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:06 -0500, Joel Ebel wrote:
> I have noticed this on mine as well, though not in Linux.  I still use APM
> in linux, and it doesn't use the battery as quickly, but in Windows, if I
> suspend the laptop, the battery runs down very quickly.