https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Steiger 2026-04-22T16:09:21Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.12 https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Idle_consumptions&diff=31136 2007-07-10T22:16:42Z

<p>Steiger: </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 /> |{{T23}}||Ubuntu 7.04|| || 10.7W<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 /> |{{R52}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc6 + phc + hrt) ||Min brightness, tp-fancontrol, ipw2200 with power_save 5, undervolted, ondemand, laptop_mode, rovclock -c 100 -m 100&lt;br /&gt;virtual console (idle kde desktop adds about 0.2W) || 12.1W<br /> |----<br /> |{{X31}}||Debian Etch||2.6.22rc6+hrt1 patch+radeon patch||~ 8 W<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 /> |{{X60s}}||Debian Lenny(testing)|| 2.6.22 tickless kernel, hrt-patch, alpm-patches, almost everything unloaded (wifi,pcmcia,ethernet,usb,firewire,sd,snd) and stopped (no X11,only cron/syslog), no vesa-fb, min brightness, 5 min idle, measured with powertop 1.7 (ACPI)||7.7W<br /> |----<br /> |{{X60s}}||Debian Lenny(testing)|| 2.6.22 tickless kernel, hrt-patch, alpm-patches, almost everything unloaded (wifi,pcmcia,ethernet,usb,firewire,sd,snd), with X11 (latest intel-xorg-driver, DRI enabled) and one x-terminal running, min brightness, 5 min idle, measured with powertop 1.7 (ACPI)||8.3W<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 /> |----<br /> |{{T60}} (2623D6U)||Debian testing (linux-2.6.21-1-686)||1400x1050 14&quot; min-bright, iwpriv wlan0 set_power 7, VESA driver|| 12,7W<br /> |----<br /> |{{R61}}||Ubuntu 7.04||Wireless on||16.4W<br /> |----</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27243 2006-12-24T13:20:27Z

<p>Steiger: /* Thinkpad T30 */</p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Core Duo L2400, (1.66 GHz)<br /> * Memory: 2x1024MB PC2-5300<br /> * Disk: 100GB, 5400rpm, SATA<br /> * Network: Intel Gigabit, Intel 3945a/b/g-Wireless<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.19 (self-made, with fbsplash-patches applied)<br /> * X.Org 7.1.1<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * hope for a VT-enabled BIOS<br /> * where are the hdaps-queue-protect-patches ;)<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> used for some small server-jobs like printserver and DNS/DHCP<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Celeron Mobile 300 MHz<br /> * Memory: 320MB, 64MB PC-66 onBoard, 256MB PC-100 SODIMM<br /> * Disk: 6GB, 4200rpm<br /> * Network: PCMCIA 3Com 100MBit, Intel Pro Wireless 2100-MiniPCI, Modem-Card removed<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.15<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * add an atheros-based wireless-adapter to use this 240 as access-point<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==<br /> the &quot;core&quot; of my hometheatre<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile, 1.6 GHz<br /> * Memory: 512MB, PC-3200 Memory<br /> * Disk: 40GB, 5400rpm<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.18<br /> * X.org 7.1.1 with patched radeon-driver for TVout<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * adding infrared-remote-control-functions via integrated IrDA</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27242 2006-12-24T13:16:22Z

<p>Steiger: /* Operating-System */</p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Core Duo L2400, (1.66 GHz)<br /> * Memory: 2x1024MB PC2-5300<br /> * Disk: 100GB, 5400rpm, SATA<br /> * Network: Intel Gigabit, Intel 3945a/b/g-Wireless<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.19 (self-made, with fbsplash-patches applied)<br /> * X.Org 7.1.1<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * hope for a VT-enabled BIOS<br /> * where are the hdaps-queue-protect-patches ;)<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> used for some small server-jobs like printserver and DNS/DHCP<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Celeron Mobile 300 MHz<br /> * Memory: 320MB, 64MB PC-66 onBoard, 256MB PC-100 SODIMM<br /> * Disk: 6GB, 4200rpm<br /> * Network: PCMCIA 3Com 100MBit, Intel Pro Wireless 2100-MiniPCI, Modem-Card removed<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.15<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * add an atheros-based wireless-adapter to use this 240 as access-point<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27241 2006-12-24T13:15:54Z

<p>Steiger: /* Future-plans */</p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Core Duo L2400, (1.66 GHz)<br /> * Memory: 2x1024MB PC2-5300<br /> * Disk: 100GB, 5400rpm, SATA<br /> * Network: Intel Gigabit, Intel 3945a/b/g-Wireless<br /> <br /> ===Operating-System===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.19 (self-made, with fbsplash-patches applied)<br /> * X.Org 7.1.1<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * hope for a VT-enabled BIOS<br /> * where are the hdaps-queue-protect-patches ;)<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> used for some small server-jobs like printserver and DNS/DHCP<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Celeron Mobile 300 MHz<br /> * Memory: 320MB, 64MB PC-66 onBoard, 256MB PC-100 SODIMM<br /> * Disk: 6GB, 4200rpm<br /> * Network: PCMCIA 3Com 100MBit, Intel Pro Wireless 2100-MiniPCI, Modem-Card removed<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.15<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * add an atheros-based wireless-adapter to use this 240 as access-point<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27240 2006-12-24T13:15:32Z

<p>Steiger: /* Thinkpad 240 */</p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Core Duo L2400, (1.66 GHz)<br /> * Memory: 2x1024MB PC2-5300<br /> * Disk: 100GB, 5400rpm, SATA<br /> * Network: Intel Gigabit, Intel 3945a/b/g-Wireless<br /> <br /> ===Operating-System===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.19 (self-made, with fbsplash-patches applied)<br /> * X.Org 7.1.1<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===Future-plans===<br /> <br /> * hope for a VT-enabled BIOS<br /> * where are the hdaps-queue-protect-patches ;)<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> used for some small server-jobs like printserver and DNS/DHCP<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Celeron Mobile 300 MHz<br /> * Memory: 320MB, 64MB PC-66 onBoard, 256MB PC-100 SODIMM<br /> * Disk: 6GB, 4200rpm<br /> * Network: PCMCIA 3Com 100MBit, Intel Pro Wireless 2100-MiniPCI, Modem-Card removed<br /> <br /> ===Software===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux Etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.15<br /> <br /> ===future plans===<br /> <br /> * add an atheros-based wireless-adapter to use this 240 as access-point<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27239 2006-12-24T13:10:35Z

<p>Steiger: /* Thinkpad X60s */</p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ===Hardware===<br /> <br /> * CPU: Intel Core Duo L2400, (1.66 GHz)<br /> * Memory: 2x1024MB PC2-5300<br /> * Disk: 100GB, 5400rpm, SATA<br /> * Network: Intel Gigabit, Intel 3945a/b/g-Wireless<br /> <br /> ===Operating-System===<br /> <br /> * Debian GNU/Linux etch<br /> * Linux 2.6.19 (self-made, with fbsplash-patches applied)<br /> * X.Org 7.1.1<br /> * KDE 3.5.5<br /> <br /> ===Future-plans===<br /> <br /> * hope for a VT-enabled BIOS<br /> * where are the hdaps-queue-protect-patches ;)<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Steiger&diff=27238 2006-12-24T13:06:10Z

<p>Steiger: </p> <hr /> <div>=my Thinkpads=<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:X60s|Thinkpad X60s]]==<br /> actually my working-laptop.<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:240|Thinkpad 240]]==<br /> <br /> ==[[:Category:T30|Thinkpad T30]]==</div>

Steiger https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category_talk:240&diff=27237 2006-12-24T13:00:19Z

<p>Steiger: </p> <hr /> <div>Any hint, which MiniPCI devices are supported by the latest BIOS version?<br /> Does the support of MiniPCI depend on the BIOS at all, when using Linux? <br /> AFAIK, the Linux Kernel has &quot;BIOS independet&quot; access to HW devices? --UPCYCLING@gmx.net<br /> ----<br /> I suspect your limited to just the modem it came with, certainly an Ethernet card would not work, since you do not have the physical port, a WiFi card ''might'' work, if the BIOS does not have a whitelist, but you would not have any antenna for it.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Tonko|Tonko]] 04:14, 10 Jan 2006 (CET)<br /> <br /> ----<br /> There are MiniPCI wireless cards that come with a little antenna board to be builtin to the notebook. But i doubt you would find a place within the 240 to fit it.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> AFAIK there is no whitelist in BIOS. I have a minipci wireless card installed and it works fine. The problem is the antenna. It should be a compact model. Then you can fix it somewhere under the keyboard.<br /> <br /> Another thing: with some special memory-modules the thinkpad 240 can take 320mb of memory. But that's not official. Should this be added to the hardware-summary? Next time i reboot my 240 i'll look for the exact specification. It is a 256-mb samsung-module, pc-100.<br /> <br /> --[[User:steiger|steiger]] 13:52, 24 Dec 2006 (CET)</div>

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