[ltp] Re: WARNING: Lenovo ThinkPads and 65W power supplies
Mario Theodoridis
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:42:45 -0700
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On Friday, 5. 11 2010 07:18:15 Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Laurent <pumpkin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> This is a warning to owners of any Lenovo ThinkPads that own 65W AC
> >> power adaptors.
> >
> > Some new intel-GPU thinkpads come with a 65W PSU by default. Are you sure
> > the problems (lower max. frequency w/o batt) applies to them as well?
>
> My X201 is labeled 20V, 3.25V - 4.5V. Multiplying, that's 65W - 90W.
> It came with only a 65W power supply. If it can really consume 90W,
> then the 65W power supply is inadequate for that.
The 90W supply that came with my W500 claims 20V 4.5A
Mario
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Friday, 5. 11 2010 07:18:15 Ben Pfaff wrote:<br>
> Laurent <pumpkin@gmx.de> writes:<br>
> >> This is a warning to owners of any Lenovo ThinkPads that own 65W AC<br>
> >> power adaptors.<br>
> ><br>
> > Some new intel-GPU thinkpads come with a 65W PSU by default. Are you sure<br>
> > the problems (lower max. frequency w/o batt) applies to them as well?<br>
><br>
> My X201 is labeled 20V, 3.25V - 4.5V. Multiplying, that's 65W - 90W.<br>
> It came with only a 65W power supply. If it can really consume 90W,<br>
> then the 65W power supply is inadequate for that.<br>
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