[ltp] [OT] thinkpad resistant for inline skating?

[Eben King]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Andrew Haninger wrote:

> On 7/4/05, Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Close.  I believe in under suspend-to-RAM the CPU slows down to 1% of its
> > nominal speed (what's that mean, it would consume (0.01)^2 times as much
> > power?), and all physical parts stop.  ICBW about the 1% thing; that may be
> > specific to one product.

> What I understand is that, under suspend-to-RAM, power is cut to
> everything (CPU, video, HDD, etc) except the RAM, thus the name. That
> way the contents of the RAM are maintained.
> 
> A quick Googling brought up this:
> http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside/str.htm

Sure, but that's pretty detail-sparse.  (0.01)^2 is close enough to zero as
makes no difference to them, it sounds.  AFAIK, the CPU _may_ be unpowered
in STR; haven't stuck a voltmeter and/or logic probe on it to see (or read
docs from those who have).

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