[ltp] X61 power consumption

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Leszek Koltunski wrote:

>> 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...

And indeed, if someone wants to do this and has experience and know-how 
but lacks some hardware (possibly just lacking a ThinkPad to test), I 
could possibly be inclined to put money toward buying it....

-- Asheesh.

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