[ltp] Maximising battery run time

[Patrick Huber]

When I'm on battery, I don't use the USB mouse. Plugging it in raises the=20
power consumption by around 2.5W. Lowering the Display to its darkest setti=
ng=20
saves you another 2.5W.

Putting the Harddrive to sleep only makes 0.5W difference.

Regards,
Patrick

Am Samstag, 22. Januar 2005 16.39 schrieb Tomek Jarzynka:
> Hi,
>
> I've been wondering what steps can be taken to maximise
> the uptime on batteries, on a T40 laptop. Powersave/cpu
> throttling is one obvious factor, how about the others?
>
> Does disabling either of the external interfaces (parallel,
> irda, VGA, modem) seem to reduce power consumption?
> And if they are left enabled, does not loading a driver
> make them inactive?
>
> Has anyone evaluated this issue? If so, what actions produced
> how much of an improvement?
>
> Regards,
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