https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Gnyffel 2026-04-08T12:43:20Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.12 https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Idle_consumptions&diff=30432 2007-06-12T12:06:06Z

<p>Gnyffel: Added my own</p> <hr /> <div>This page reports the minimal consumptions of Thinkpads when idle. This means, in principle: minimum brightness, CPU and GPU at lowest speed, no wifi, hard drive spun down, no pcmcia cards inserted (see details of each entry).<br /> <br /> This kind of information has several uses: comparing one's consumption with that of other people's setups, knowing which model to use as a gateway/file server, etc.<br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;1&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;<br /> <br /> ! Model !! OS !! Remarks !! consumption <br /> |----<br /> |{{600E}} PIII/450 || Archlinux 0.8/xfce || || 9W<br /> |----<br /> |{{T41p}}||Ubuntu 7.04|| Undervolted, fglrx, no dri; fan-&gt;+0.5W, powerstate=2-&gt;+0.7W, HD-&gt;+1.5W || 8.3W<br /> |----<br /> |{{T43}} (1871)||Debian (Linux 2.6.21, fluxbox)|| DRI, alsa (power_save=1), with usb, no networking || 10.1W (12.0W with HD)<br /> |----<br /> |{{T43}} (2669)||Gentoo (2.6.20-gentoo-r5)|| Undervolted, fglrx (powerstate=1), DRI, no alsa, no usb modules, no networking || 12.7W<br /> |----<br /> |{{T43}} (2686)||Fedora Core 6 (2.6.19.x patched)|| Undervolted, radeon, &lt;tt&gt;rovclock -c 125 -m 130&lt;/tt&gt;, no DRI, ALSA &lt;tt&gt;power_save=1&lt;/tt&gt;, no usb modules, no networking, min brightness, HDD spun down || 15W<br /> |----<br /> |{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||With Networking, USB, firefox, thunderbird || 11.1W<br /> |----<br /> |{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||Fluxbox + shell (+fan) || 10.5W<br /> |----<br /> |{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||Blank Screen after 20min idle (+fan) || 7.1W<br /> |----<br /> |{{X60}}||Ubuntu 7.04||Wireless kill switch on, min brightness||10.2W<br /> |----<br /> |{{X60s}}||Debian Etch||2.6.21 tickless kernel, processes tweaked with powertop, usb/fw unloaded, hd spun down, min brightness, ipw3945 set to powersave mode 7||8.3W<br /> |----<br /> |{{X60s}}||Debian Etch||2.6.21 tickless kernel, processes tweaked with powertop, usb/fw unloaded, hd spun down, min brightness,ipw3945 unloaded||9W<br /> |----<br /> |{{T60}} (2007)||Fedora Core 6|| Wireless kill switch on, 1400x1050 panel @ min brightness, fglrx (powerstate=1), HDD spun up (~1W saving without) || 16W<br /> |----<br /> |{{T60}} (2007)||KUbuntu 7.04|| Wireless on, 1680x1050 panel @ medium brightness, fglrx (powerstate=1) || 16W<br /> |----</div>

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