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On Wednesday 20 February 2008, b.n. wrote: |
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> Etaoin Shrdlu ha scritto: |
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> > On Tuesday 19 February 2008, b.n. wrote: |
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> >>> 5. Sometimes a BIOS update helps... |
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> >> |
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> >> Well, if it's a BIOS issue, OS X works around it? |
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> > I'd not be surprised if it did. Windows drivers work around buggy |
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> > BIOSes all the time. |
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> Right. So, how can I know it? When I googled to maximize my MBP |
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> battery performance, I found nothing about BIOS/EFI (More precisely, |
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> the MBP has not a BIOS, but an EFI, whatever the difference is). Is |
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> there some kind of diagnostic for this kind of things? |
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Never tried myself, but I guess a good starting point could be using |
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tools like powertop (in portage), to see what programs/modules use more |
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power. |
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Also, their web pages (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop) look |
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good, with many tips, information and explanations. |
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Hope this helps. |
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