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Also, your OS might turn on some power-saving features to help keeping
it cool once it's loaded.
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:55, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08:28:52AM -0500, Paul McCarty wrote:
> We've observed the same thing with various boards and cpus (mainly
> x86) that systems at POST consume a significant amount more power the=
n
> at idle after an operating system has been loaded. I have yet to find
> a good explanation, but I suspect it has something to do with the BIO=
S
> being in a busy polling loop.
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Bingo. I've seen this mentioned at hardware sites who note that testin=
g
heat from the BIOS screen is actually about as good as testing the heat
at full load. That was the explanation they gave.
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-Robin
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http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin.
.i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu
.i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai
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On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 18:55, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 08=
:28:52AM -0500, Paul McCarty wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>> We've observed the same th=
ing with various boards and cpus (mainly</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>> x86) that systems at POST =
consume a significant amount more power then</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>> at idle after an operating=
system has been loaded. I have yet to find</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>> a good explanation, but I =
suspect it has something to do with the BIOS</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>> being in a busy polling lo=
op.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>Bingo. I've seen this mentione=
d at hardware sites who note that testing</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>heat from the BIOS screen is ac=
tually about as good as testing the heat</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>at full load. That was the exp=
lanation they gave.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>-Robin</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>-- </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~=
rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>.i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu =
le plibu taxfu</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>.i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i =
le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I>http://www.lojban.org/ *** =
to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#737373"><FONT SIZE=3D"3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
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