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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

How did you enable laptop-mode? Did you set any special configuration
or something?

I will add it to the launchpad.net site if you have any more details,

Thanks!

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:17 AM, my8192 <my8192@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have a UL30-A2 running Karmic.
>
> Has anyone else noticed that the HD clicks when on battery, and the
> Load_Cycle_Count (using smartctl) increases around 4 times a minute, or more.
>
> I tried setting "hdparm -B 192", and this stops the clicking and
> the increasing Load_Cycle_Count.
>
> It seems that when on battery the HD (Seagate ST9320325AS) automatically
> sets its APM mode to 128, which causes the HD's heads to park/unpark.
>
> On a separate topic, I've enabled laptop-mode, and have reduced my battery
> power usage from around 10.1W to 7.6W (based on values from powertop).
> I now have over over 10 hours of real notebook use when on batteries.
>
> Mike
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