Ken , the one thing that laptops do and furtively is to drop the clock speed to reduce power, I've a Toshiba sat 4000cds, and it lies about its clock speed. To increase battery life its very common to power down parts of the motherboard when the're not in use.
my 2 penneth BG richard On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 18:41, Ken Hawkins wrote: > I posted a rant on this very subject about 1 month ago. My laptop > continues to run just fine on 7.2, after a looonng day of attempting to > install 8.1 I KNOW its not hardware because I haven't had a hiccup at > all, and 7.2 autodetected all components, which 8.1 failed to accomplish. > > Ken > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote: > > > >> I'm having a really hard time with this new 8.1 > >> distribution. It is very unstable and unpredictable (something > >> I wouldn't expect from Mandrake Linux). Anyone experienced > >> similar problems, say: > >> > >>- kicker dies without obvious reason > >>- konqueror segfaults with libstdc++ errors in debug stack trace > >>- the X server freezes while the rest of the system works fine (say, > >> internet connection). However, mouse and keyboard are dead (since > >> they're controlled by X, of course) > >>- xemacs segfaults with different errors, in different states > >> > >Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case > >fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been > >solid. > > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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