[ltp] X61s and fan speed < level 1

Thomas Kahle linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:54:25 +0200


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| Are you using the wireless network?  If you're not a good thing to do
| is to rmmod the iwl4965 device driver, since that will cause it to
| power down and use less power (as well as produce less heat).
|
| If you *are* using it, you can put it in power saving mode with this
| command:
|
| for i in `echo /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl4965/*/power_level`; do
|     echo 5 > $i
| done
|
| 						- Ted

Hi again. Strange, that I did not notice before, bit this powersaving is
~ just great. Now it gives my about 6 degrees lower temperature at no
noticable performance loss.

Is there a possibility to automatically activate this on module load ??

thanks
Tom
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