Power consumption for X200t

[bugmn]

Hi guys,

I'd like to know your power consumption with a X200t and and the conditions under which you get this consumption.

So let's go.

[bugmn]

Nobody using a X200t anymore?

[slangeditorial]

bumping because i'd like to see what people get! I heard somewhere they got around 6 watts on ubuntu but let me know what you guys get!

[bugmn]

Did they change something on Ubuntu or just did a clean default install?

[Soul_Est]

@bugmn
You could try this script that I put together for my X200s that I've uploaded here: http://sprunge.us/eQWQ?bash
Please be sure to read through it and modify the script to your choosing and OS as I run Arch Linux on my X200s.

Hope it helps.

[bugmn]

Thanks a lot!

What's your power consumption on arch?

[erik]

i used to get around 6.5~8W under server 2008 R2 with an LED panel at #6 brightness, 2.13GHz SL9600, 8GB, and an intel X25-M SSD.   it would last 3.5~4 hours on the small battery.

[bugmn]

So here comes my result with "Power Source Optimized" plan and brightness level of 9 on Windows 7 64Bit.



What do you think?

I have only a normal hard drive, no SSD. Is that the reason for the relatively high consumption?

[bugmn]

Anybody?

[erik]

what are your exact system specs?   you've only told us you have an X200T with no other details.   if you have a CCFL display, mechanical hard drive, two memory modules, bluetooth, and display brightness on 9 then you're right in line with where you should be.

[bugmn]

Hi Erik,

How do I know about the display type?

Mechanical hard drives: Yes, at least it's no SSD.
Two memory modules: Yes, with 8GB together.
Bluetooth: Turned off.

Bests

[czatlantis]

Check if powermanager is not using much CPU when running. I had problem on my x220 tablet when I started lenovo power manager to check current consumption, CPU was utilized at ~10% so it consumed more battery as well.
Btw for showing battery status (voltage, power, current) I use small application BatteryInfo (http://www.freewarefiles.com/notebook-b ... 18677.html) because it starts instantly. It runs fine on Win 7 x64, just set compatibility to win XP.

[erik]

Hi Erik,

How do I know about the display type?

run your system through the parts lookup page (http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product ... ookup.page) and cross-reference the results against the X200T LCD service parts page (linked at the top of this page: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... migr-70697).   this will help determine if it's CCFL or LED.

if you have a multi-touch panel then that will eat a bit more battery, too.