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Undervolting a Laptop

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the too-late-for-my-laptop-graveyard dept.

Delph1 writes "Laptops often comes with two Achilles heels, heat and limited battery time. There are, if not cures, at least remedies to make them less obvious. By lowering the voltage to the processor you can not only drastically lower the heat dissipation, but also increase the battery time significantly. NordicHardware gives a nice walk through on the process and was able to boast 18% lower temperature and a 20% reduced power consumption."

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  1. Re:Counter productive maybe? by NitsujTPU · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Congratulations?

    I'm not sure if you're offering moral support to folks who want to do this, or pointing out a flaw in my rationale.

    Ok, I overclocked my old tower and didn't have problems for years.

    You can do all sorts of stuff if you feel like it.

    I feel like posting to Slashdot, then eating my dinner and returning to my research.