[ltp] Minimal wattage?

Damien Challet linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:52:46 +0100


On Monday 12 February 2007 17:26, George Yanos wrote:
> I tried, mistakenly, to run a T-something or other with the smaller
> powersupply used by the X series.  It overheated and began cycling on
> and off.  The screen backlight blinked dim-bright each time and, I think,
> the stress of switching burned out the lamp's voltage converter.
>
> Be careful.

Indeed, although I have done many times the same "mistake" without any damage 
at all. One should just be careful not to recharge the battery with a 56W 
power supply.

So I suppose that you cannot report your minimal wattage, since your screen is 
permanently off.