power usage with kthinkbat

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hubcapboy · #1 Post by **hubcapboy** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:17 pm

is anyone monitoring power consumtion with kthinkbat? The lowest wattage I can get out of my x32 1.8 with cpufreq set to 600 mhz and 700 mv, and the brightness at the lwest setting, is around 10w. Is anyone doing better than this?

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hubcapboy · #2 Post by **hubcapboy** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:59 pm

Well, if no one's been using kthinkbat, is there anyone who has tried gaim-thinklight? I've heard many reports of it working with debian, but I've had no luck with FC4. The plugin freezes upon selection of the "check" box.

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seneca · #3 Post by **seneca** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:52 am

Well, that's pretty good, but I think you'll get even better results if you undervolt your cpu.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Undervolt_a_Pentium_M_CPU

In windows, using NHC, I get aprox. 20minutes extra on batt, and a cooler laptop.

hubcapboy · #4 Post by **hubcapboy** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:27 pm

Way ahead of you... that's undervolted to .7 V at 599mHz

On that subject, I haven't been able to get that undervolt patch working since 2.6.14... I just don't get the /sys.../cpufreq files.

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