[ltp] X200 Battery Life

[Cherife Li]

Hey, have you tried cpufreqd?
BTW: I don't believe what Lenovo said. Maybe 3h's record was taken from the lab.
--posted on a treo650

On 10/27/08, Andrew Mason <slackmase2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I've just recently bought an X200 with a 4 cell battery. I've tried a
> few Linux distros from Ubuntu Intrepid, Fedora 10 (which wouldn't
> install) , slackware-current with the 2.6.27 kernel and opensuse
> 11.1beta2. The battery performance doesn't seem to be fantastic
> really. I've installed tpfand and manually lowered the fan to 1800rpm
> which seems to keep the machine at a reasonable temperature and I've
> applied what powertop has suggested. I was just wondering if any of
> you managed to get near the 3hr battery life that lenovo said I should
> get under Linux. If so can you provide me with any hints. I've also
> set the bios to maximum battery.
>
> Pretty fantastic laptop, I'm very happy with it but would like around
> 2 1/2 hours if i can get it.
>
> Many thanks
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Rgds,
Cherife.