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From: "madodel" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] ACPI/APM support on T61
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:20:26 -0400
To: eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>

Jon Harrison wrote:
On my T61 with eCS 2.0 RC4 with Panorama, ACPI 3.09 works to get SMP
support on the dual cores, and poweroff works, but suspend does
nothing.
What is worse is that APM.ADD does not switch the T61 into battery
optimized when I unplug it so the battery only lasts about 1.5 hours.
I
can get 3 hours out of the battery under SUSE Linux.  Does anyone have
suspend and/or battery optimization working on their T61

Mark:

I have not timed my battery.  I have the 9 cell battery and am happy with
the battery life.

I don't have the apm active but it is loaded.

One thing I noticed is that if I turn off the wireless (switch on left front
next to firewire) that the battery lasts a whole lot longer.  Of course, if
you are using it often then this doesn't make sense.

Jon

Thanks Jon.  When I ordered this from IBM/Lenovo the only option was the 6 cell.  I will eventually buy an extended capacity battery (I have 3 for my T42p) but even then its probably only 2 - 2.5 hours with that.  And every battery I have had has lost capacity after about a year.  They need to fix the APM support.

Mark
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