Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:03:52 +0100 From: Richard Arends <richard@unixguru.nl> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lenovo IBM Thinkpad T60 Message-ID: <20061120170352.GH8159@sun.unixguru.nl> In-Reply-To: <20061120163051.31BAD4504F@ptavv.es.net> References: <20061119103643.GN12210@sun.unixguru.nl> <20061120163051.31BAD4504F@ptavv.es.net>
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 08:30:51AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: Kevin, > > > Make sure that you install radeontool > > Unfortunate it does not look to work for the T60. > > This is very odd. What video chipset does your system use? The tools is > supposed to be very hardware agnostic and works on every Radeon system I > have tried it on including a variety of controllers. I have a 'ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 HyperMemory' > What I SHOULD have said was to add cpufreq_load="YES" to your > /boot/loader.conf. Okay, done. > I think disk is a significant issue. Widows is fairly aggressive in > powering down the disk. There are tools in ports to allow you to do this, > but I have not had the time to play with them very much and have no idea > if they are beneficial. That's a good one, if i find the time i will look in to it. I have written a simple fancontrol script, which only looks at cpu-temp, but i will not complete it. My first tests show me that the time that the fan can stopped completly is short, so the benefit is very small at this moment. -- Regards, Richard.
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