Guest opradi Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Hi i have a laptop [ACER 5672, Centrino Duo Core 1.6, 1GB RAM, 100 GH HD, ATI 512hypermemory] i've just change to mandriva because of the ATI drivers (they run better here), but i have this problem, the battery runs out in 2:15 mins. Under windows it take 3:30min, i've installed and configured Kpowersave, but the battery runs out in the same time. Could anybody help me here? Thanks [moved from Hardware by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 check if services such as spudyn, powernowd or cpufreq are enabled. They are needed for CPU thottling/speedstepping. Otherwise, the CPU runs at the highest frequency and draws power even if the OS does not need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest opradi Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I do not have the spudyn and powernowd how can i add them to the start services? Thanks a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 You need only one of those services. They all work pretty much the same - monitor the CPU load and adjust the CPU frequency accordingly. Try installing one of them using urpmi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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