How to reduce power consumption

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Reducing system power consumption will extend battery life, reduce system temperature and (on some models) reduce system fan noise. This page summarizes the known techniques for reducing power consumption on ThinkPad laptops under Linux.

System power states

CPU

Graphics

Hard disk

Optical drive

  • Eject the the optical drive, or just turn off its power supply (i.e., run the appropriate eject script but leave the drive inserted). This saves close to 1W.

System fan

Wireless network

Related toptics

External resources