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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. I'm glad to see this by eclectro · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    It should also help to save the "special purpose".

    --
    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
  2. Re:BushCo's State Of The Gulags: +1, Informative by mjh49746 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Does this have ANYTHING to do with undervolting a laptop? The Politics section is four links down. Thank you.

    "They are not in Baghdad. They are not in control of any airport. I tell you this. It is all a lie. They lie. It is a hollywood movie. You do not believe them."

  3. Re:Counter productive maybe? by NitsujTPU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, that probably was inflammatory. I feel lousy about it too. Oh well.

  4. Hello, by garbletext · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a first person point of view perspective to give about my laptop, and a specific time estimate, as well as a comparison with another product that was mentioned. Would you like to refute my post with a vague, pseudotechnical one that basically amounts to a useless bitch? Fantastic, anonymous Coward. I commend you to the next life.