[ltp] X61 power consumption

Leszek Koltunski linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:24:33 +0100 (CET)


> That would be rather difficult, as in order to measure the power, you
> have to measure current and that means cutting the power connection to
> the chip, to insert the meter in series.  Now if you wish to volunteer
> your ThinkPad to be butchered...

Oh, come on, I am not an electrical engineer, but I am sure it's possible 
to do that in a non-invasive way, for example doing precise thermal 
imaging of the mainboard.

It seems to me such hardware-level measurements would be very enlightening...