Sheer El-Showk wrote:
> [... fans ...]
> So the question/poll is for those core duo MBP owners (but C2D owners
> should also share their experiences).
I'm on a MBP C2D.
> Does your fan become active a lot (3k+ rpms and noisy)?
Yes. As you've mentioned there is no obvious correlation with load some
of the time. The noise itself is so far not too bad.
> Have you tried using power play and does it help?
Nope. Not supported. Will try new ATI drivers soon.
> Has anyone actually seen improved battery life or power usage
> when using powerplay?
Actually, I can't get the ACPI battery stuff to work at the moment,
(parse error in DSDT) so I'm flying blind in that regard (works fine
though). Guess I should go for bleading ACPI really.
/ Jonas
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