Also, have you replaced the battery on it? That laptop model is at least four years old!
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Konnor Jean <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you but the problem with my computer is that I already have all > typical power-saving options on. > And that includes this one. > > > > On 03/13/10 00:49, Kelly Price wrote: >> >> Open up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and look for your NVidia card. >> It'll be in the "Device" section and using the "nvidia" driver. In >> that section, look for the following line: >> >> Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "on" >> >> If you don't have it in there, then you need to put it in as "root" >> user. Feel free to ask how. Putting it in there will cut down the >> interrupt usage with Nvidia cards. >> >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Konnor Jean<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have always used newest NVIDIA's own drivers, so that will not help me. >>> >>> >>> On 03/09/10 09:40, Henrik Wejdmark wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I had a similar issue running a Lenovo T61 with an NVIDIA GPU and using >>>> the >>>> nouveau driver. The GPU was running at full speed and drained my >>>> battery. I >>>> switched to NVidias own driver and voila power usage dropped from 30W to >>>> 17W >>>> during normal load, less when idleing. >>>> >>>> I made a note of it on Smolts wiki for Nvidia cards. >>>> >>>> OS: Updated Fedora 12 using Gnome >>>> Driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run >>>> >>>> //Cheers >>>> Henrik >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Arjan van de Ven >>>> Sent: den 8 mars 2010 19:08 >>>> To: Konnor Jean >>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Extreme case of powerdrain >>>> >>>> \> Computer is running on minimal power, with most elements enabled >>>> (eg: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> expresscard, dimmed screen, no usb devices, disk in low-power mode, >>>>> audio in power-saving mode). Fans are idling, laptop is reasonably >>>>> cool. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> wonder if your GPU just burning power like crazy though >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Power mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Power mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Power mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price http://strredwolf.furrynet.com _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
