[ltp] Power consumption on a T60p

[Adrian Bastholm]

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Regards,
Adrian


On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Peter Lemken <ibm-thinkpad@bloatware.de> w=
rote:
> Howdy,
>
> can T60p users with a CoreDuo (not Core2), 1600x1200 display and a FireGL
> V5200 please post their results of powertop?
>
> I simply can't get below 23 Watts of power consumption with all the thing=
s
> disabled or on low power mode that I can think of. I disabled PCMCIA, red=
uced
> kernel logging and spin down HDD, disable bluetooth, have hda-intel and
> iwl3945 in low power mode and the FireGL runs with
>
> (II) RADEON(0): Dynamic Power Management Enabled
>
> This machine runs Mandriva 2010.0 with 2.6.31.6-tmb-laptop-7mdv and the l=
atest
> ati-drivers.
>
> One of the culprits (2 Watts or so) is the USB mouse, but even without th=
is
> and USB in suspend I simply can't get below 22,6 Watts.
>
> I'd like to hear your experience, please specifically T60p users only; i =
know
> that other model consume less power.
>
> TIA
>
> Peter
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