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[David Neeley <dbneeley@xxxxxxxxx>]

A side note on power usage on the UL30. I have a UL30-A5K, without the
second graphics unit but only the Intel 4500. However, I replaced the
hard disk with a Seagate 7200 rpm hybrid drive that also has a 4 GB
SSD component embedded. That is *much* faster than the 5400 rpm stock
Hitachi (which I have in an external case for backup purposes)--but it
does use more power.

A few minutes ago, I had the WIFI on, Ktorrent both downloading and
uploading files, Google Chrome running with a half dozen windows open,
and a video playing on VLC--and when I disconnected the AC power and
checked with Powertop, it was using 10.4 watts. Powertop also
estimated a remaining time on battery of 5.6 hours (the battery was
full at the time).

David



On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 18:45, Heliel Morales <heliel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks a lot. Will try it later today and report.
> One more question, how about xorg.conf? Last time I removed nvidia things
> didn't go well. Should I 'rebuild' xorg?
>
> Regards