[ltp] Power saving on my T41p

[Cameron McCormack]

Hey everyone.

I've got a long flight on Saturday (MEL to LHR, 23 hours!) and I
recently bought a new battery for my T41p so I can get some good usage
out of it.  This new battery (which isn't a genuine IBM one, this is
from www.global-batteries.com.au) is a 9-cell one.  I've just charged it
up and running 'acpi' estimates that it lasts about 3.5 hours at full
LCD brightness.

I have the Atheros mini-PCI WiFi card in the machine, but I'm not sure
if it is power up or not.  I don't have the ath_pci.ko module loaded,
but the WiFi LED is lit up.  I want to make sure that it actually isn't
powered so that I'm not just wasting power.

Along with turning the Bluetooth off, turning down the LCD brightness
and getting the two hard disks I have in it powered down, does anyone
have any other tips for power conversation?

Thanks,

Cameron

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