[ltp] Excessive power draw on T61

Gilson Laurent linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:57:14 +0200


Hello,

> I've been trying to figure out what is causing high power consumption on
> a T61 with nvidia card:  Idle, in console or X, it draws approximately
> 20W..  The lowest I've seen it go is 17W. 

At ~20W the system should be hot and/or the fan should be running all the time. Are you sure the 20W readout is correct? What runtimes do you get on batteries ?

cu
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